Basal and one-month differed neutrophil, lymphocyte and platelet values and their ratios strongly predict the efficacy of checkpoint inhibitors immunotherapy in patients with advanced BRAF wild-type melanoma.
Michele GuidaNicola BartolomeoDavide QuaresminiPietro QuaglinoGabriele MadonnaJacopo PigozzoAnna Maria Di GiacomoAlessandro Marco MinisiniMarco TucciFrancesco SpagnoloMarcella OccelliLaura RidolfiPaola QueiroloIvana De RisiMonica ValenteAngela Monica SciacovelliVanna Chiarion SileniPaolo Antonio AsciertoLucia StiglianoSabino StrippoliPublished in: Journal of translational medicine (2022)
Baseline and early variations of blood cells, together with basal LDH, strongly predict the efficacy of ICI in MM. Our findings propose simple, inexpensive biomarkers for a better selection of patient treatments. Prospective multicenter studies are warranted to confirm these data.