Costimulatory B7-H1 in renal cell carcinoma patients: Indicator of tumor aggressiveness and potential therapeutic target.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on November 29, 2004

Authors

R Houston Thompson1, Michael D Gillett, John C Cheville, Christine M Lohse, Haidong Dong, W Scott Webster, Kent G Krejci, John R Lobo, Shomik Sengupta, Lieping Chen, Horst Zincke, Michael L Blute, Scott E Strome, Bradley C Leibovich, Eugene D Kwon

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Urology, Mayo Medical School, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.

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Program to Establish the Genetic and Immunologic Profile of Patient's Tumor for All Types of Advanced Cancer (PROFILER) | NCT01774409

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Neoadjuvant Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Resectable Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma | NCT03918252

Nivolumab in Biochemically Recurrent dMMR Prostate Cancer | NCT04019964

Study of Neoadjuvant Nivolumab or Placebo Plus Chemotherapy Followed by Surgery and Adjuvant Treatment in Subjects With Resectable ESCC | NCT05213312

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