Study seeks to identify biological markers that predict mesothelioma response to treatment
E-Mail The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has granted a $2.5 million, five-year R37 MERIT Award to Dr. Bryan Burt, associate professor of surgery and chief of the Division of General Thoracic Surgery, for his research project titled, "Proteomic Determinants of Response to Checkpoint Blockade in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma." "Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a fatal cancer of the lining of the lungs that has defeated standard therapies for decades. In recent years, emerging clinical data has shown that treatment with a form of immunotherapy called immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI...
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