Anti-PD-1 therapy could induce a durable response in patients with gastric cancer, however biomarkers to predict response to immunotherapy are generally lacking. Here the authors report that openness of chromatin in circulating CD8+ T cells predicts treatment outcome in patients with metastatic gastric cancer treated with pembrolizumab.
- Hyun Mu Shin
- Gwanghun Kim
- Hang-Rae Kim