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Biomarkers for neoadjuvant checkpoint blockade response in urothelial cancer

Activated CD8+ T cells in the tumor and cytotoxic T cell signature correlate with immune response in patients receiving neoadjuvant immunotherapy for treatment of muscle invasive bladder cancer.

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Fig. 1: Immune biomarkers suggestive of response to neoadjuvant immunotherapy.

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Ghatalia, P., Plimack, E. Biomarkers for neoadjuvant checkpoint blockade response in urothelial cancer. Nat Med 25, 1650–1651 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-019-0645-6

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