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- 2018
Role of Immunotherapy for Oncogene-Driven Non-Small Cell Lung CancerKeywords: non-small cell lung cancer, immunotherapy, immune checkpoint inhibitor, oncogenic driver, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), v-Ki-ras2 Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (KRAS), programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1), tumor microenvironment. Abstract: The clinical application of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has led to dramatic changes in the treatment strategy for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Despite the observation of improved overall survival in NSCLC patients treated with ICIs, their efficacy varies greatly among different immune and molecular profiles in tumors. Particularly, the clinical significance of ICIs for oncogene-driven NSCLC has been controversial. In this review, we provide recent clinical and preclinical data focused on the relationship between oncogenic drivers and immunological characteristics and discuss the future direction of immunotherapy in NSCLC patients harboring such genetic alteration
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