Domenico Mallardo, Mario Fordellone, Andrew White, Margaret Ottaviano, Francesca Sparano, Michael Bailey, Arianna Bianca Facchini, Sufey Ong, Piera Maiolino, Corrado Caracò, Sarah Church, Ernesta Cavalcanti, Sarah Warren, Alfredo Budillon, Alessandra Cesano, Ester Simeone, Paolo Chiodini, Paolo Antonio Ascierto
BACKGROUND: Identifying response markers is highly needed to guide the treatment strategy in patients with metastatic melanoma. METHODS: A retrospective study was carried out in patients with unresectable/metastatic melanoma (stage IIIb-IV), treated with anti-PD-1 in the first line setting, to better explore the role and the timing of neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) as potential biomarker of response. The relationship of NLR with inflammation-immune mediators and the underlying negative effect of raising NLR during immunotherapy, have been investigated with transcriptomic gene analysis...
September 8, 2023: Journal of Translational Medicine