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Imaging immunotherapy

How a new PET agent could predict immunotherapy responses sooner

June 14, 2018 11:27 PM UTC

Stanford University researchers have made an imaging agent that detects activated T cells and could predict whether a patient will respond to immunotherapy within days of treatment.

Typically, it takes weeks to months to determine if a treatment is halting tumor growth. Earlier biomarkers for efficacy could not only streamline clinical trials, but could provide information about the biology of a therapy in patients, and enable physicians to adjust dosing and optimize treatment combinations in real time. ...