我们先来看看CheckMate227。在这个研究里,研究人员发现:在TMB≥10 mut/Mb的晚期非小细胞肺癌患者中,与铂类双联化疗相比,Opdivo加低剂量Yervoy治疗明显延长了1年的无进展生存率(42.6% vs 13.2%),竟翻了3倍多;无进展生存期也显著延长(7.2月 vs 5.4月)[5]。
为了解决上面那个临床的需求,基因泰克的David S. Shames与加州大学戴维斯分校综合癌症中心的David R. Gandara,以及FMI的科学家们可费力不少心思。他们先开发了一套在血液中检测TMB的技术方案,我们姑且叫它bTMB,其实它使用的技术跟FoundationOne Liquid类似。
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