Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Whole body PD-1 and PD-L1 positron emission tomography in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer

  • A. N. Niemeijer,
  • D. Leung,
  • M. C. Huisman,
  • I. Bahce,
  • O. S. Hoekstra,
  • G. A. M. S. van Dongen,
  • R. Boellaard,
  • S. Du,
  • W. Hayes,
  • R. Smith,
  • A. D. Windhorst,
  • N. H. Hendrikse,
  • A. Poot,
  • D. J. Vugts,
  • E. Thunnissen,
  • P. Morin,
  • D. Lipovsek,
  • D. J. Donnelly,
  • S. J. Bonacorsi,
  • L. M. Velasquez,
  • T. D. de Gruijl,
  • E. F. Smit,
  • A. J. de Langen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07131-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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Assessment of PD-1 and PD-L1 expression can be predictive of immunotherapy response in lung cancer. Here the authors assess the clinical toxicity, safety and quality of non-invasive imaging of PD-1 and PD-L1 expression in 13 patients with advanced lung cancer prior to treatment with immunotherapy and show it correlates with response.