Science · 2015

Cancer immunology. Mutational landscape determines sensitivity to PD-1 blockade in non-small cell lung cancer

Rizvi NA, Hellmann MD, Snyder A, Kvistborg P, Makarov V, Havel JJ, Lee W, Yuan J, Wong P, Ho TS, Miller ML, Rekhtman N, Moreira AL, Ibrahim F, Bruggeman C, Gasmi B, Zappasodi R, Maeda Y, Sander C, Garon EB, Merghoub T, Wolchok JD, Schumacher TN, Chan TA.

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  • Rizvi NA — Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, USA. chant@mskcc.org.
  • Hellmann MD — Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
  • Snyder A — Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, USA. Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
  • Kvistborg P — Division of Immunology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, 1066 CX Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • Makarov V — Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
  • Havel JJ — Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
  • Lee W — Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
  • Yuan J — Immune Monitoring Core, Ludwig Center for Cancer Immunotherapy, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
  • Wong P — Immune Monitoring Core, Ludwig Center for Cancer Immunotherapy, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
  • Ho TS — Immune Monitoring Core, Ludwig Center for Cancer Immunotherapy, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
  • Miller ML — Computation Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
  • Rekhtman N — Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
  • Moreira AL — Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
  • Ibrahim F — Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
  • Bruggeman C — Department of Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA.
  • Gasmi B — Ludwig Collaborative Laboratory, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
  • Zappasodi R — Ludwig Collaborative Laboratory, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
  • Maeda Y — Ludwig Collaborative Laboratory, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
  • Sander C — Computation Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
  • Garon EB — David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 2825 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 200, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA.
  • Merghoub T — Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA. Ludwig Collaborative Laboratory, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
  • Wolchok JD — Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, USA. Ludwig Collaborative Laboratory, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA.
  • Schumacher TN — Division of Immunology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, 1066 CX Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • Chan TA — Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, USA. Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA. Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA. chant@mskcc.org.
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Nadia Khan

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Tom Cohen

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Yuki Patel

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Tom Garcia

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Sara Smith

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Sam Nguyen

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Jonas Kim

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Lena Patel

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Important contribution to the field.

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Ken Park

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