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Editorial
. 2024 May 31;13(5):1173-1176.
doi: 10.21037/tlcr-24-221. Epub 2024 May 17.

Unravelling the puzzle of immunotherapeutic efficacy in lung cancer

Petros Christopoulos  1   2
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Editorial

Unravelling the puzzle of immunotherapeutic efficacy in lung cancer

Petros Christopoulos. Transl Lung Cancer Res. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); biomarkers; flow cytometry; gene expression; immunotherapy.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The author has completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at https://tlcr.amegroups.com/article/view/10.21037/tlcr-24-221/coif). The author declares research funding from AstraZeneca, Amgen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Merck, Novartis, Roche, and Takeda; speaker’s honoraria from AstraZeneca, Gilead, Janssen, Novartis, Roche, Pfizer, Thermo Fisher, and Takeda; support for attending meetings from AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Daiichi Sankyo, Janssen, Gilead, Novartis, Pfizer, and Takeda, and personal fees for participating to advisory boards from AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chugai, Pfizer, Novartis, MSD, Takeda and Roche, all outside the submitted work. The author has no other conflicts of interest to declare.

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