Soluble biomarkers to predict clinical outcomes in non-small cell lung cancer treated by immune checkpoints inhibitors.

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Date publication

mai 2023

Journal

Frontiers in immunology

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr DALSTEIN Véronique, Pr POLETTE Myriam, Dr DORMOY Valerian


Tous les auteurs :
Ancel J, Dormoy V, Raby BN, Dalstein V, Durlach A, Dewolf M, Gilles C, Polette M, Deslée G

Résumé

Lung cancer remains the first cause of cancer-related death despite many therapeutic innovations, including immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). ICI are now well used in daily practice at late metastatic stages and locally advanced stages after a chemo-radiation. ICI are also emerging in the peri-operative context. However, all patients do not benefit from ICI and even suffer from additional immune side effects. A current challenge remains to identify patients eligible for ICI and benefiting from these drugs. Currently, the prediction of ICI response is only supported by Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) tumor expression with perfectible results and limitations inherent to tumor-biopsy specimen analysis. Here, we reviewed alternative markers based on liquid biopsy and focused on the most promising biomarkers to modify clinical practice, including non-tumoral blood cell count such as absolute neutrophil counts, platelet to lymphocyte ratio, neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio, and derived neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio. We also discussed soluble-derived immune checkpoint-related products such as sPD-L1, circulating tumor cells (detection, count, and marker expression), and circulating tumor DNA-related products. Finally, we explored perspectives for liquid biopsies in the immune landscape and discussed how they could be implemented into lung cancer management with a potential biological-driven decision.

Mots clés

circulating tumor (ctDNA), circulating tumor cell (CTC), immunotherapy, liquid biopsy, neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR), non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), soluble biomarkers

Référence

Front Immunol. 2023 05 22;14:1171649