Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer (Aug 2017)

Immunotherapy biomarkers 2016: overcoming the barriers

  • Jeffrey Schlom,
  • Lisa H Butterfield,
  • Jianda Yuan,
  • Alessandra Cesano,
  • Janet Siebert,
  • Barbara Seliger,
  • Jay A. Berzofsky,
  • James L. Gulley,
  • Holden Maecker,
  • Bernard A. Fox,
  • Marcus O. Butler,
  • Cristina Maccalli,
  • Sacha Gnjatic,
  • Vaios Karanikas,
  • Ilan Kirsch,
  • Sylvia Janetzki,
  • Samir N. Khleif,
  • Magdalena Thurin,
  • Peter P. Lee,
  • Shyam Kalavar,
  • David F. Stroncek

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40425-017-0225-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1

Abstract

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This report summarizes the symposium, ‘Immunotherapy Biomarkers 2016: Overcoming the Barriers’, which was held on April 1, 2016 at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. The symposium, cosponsored by the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), focused on emerging immunotherapy biomarkers, new technologies, current hurdles to further progress, and recommendations for advancing the field of biomarker development.