Correlation between patients' age and cancer immunotherapy efficacy.

Qiong Wu, Qiuhong Wang, Xin Tang, Ran Xu, Luzhong Zhang, Xinming Chen, Qun Xue, Ziheng Wang, Rongfeng Shi, Feiran Wang,

PubMed · 2019 · 85 citations · 33 references

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: Immune checkpoint inhibitors significantly improved OS and PFS in both younger and older patients compared with controls, but the magnitude of benefit was clinically age-dependent. Patients ≥65 y can benefit more from immunotherapy than younger patients. Future research should take age difference into consideration in trials and focus on tolerance and toxicity of ICIs in older patients.

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