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Podcast: PeerView Heart, Lung & Blood CME/CNE/CPE Audio Podcast
Episode: Kurt A. Schalper, MD, PhD - Progress and Practicalities in Immunotherapy Biomarker Testing and Pathologic Response Assessment in Solid Tumors: What’s New and What You Need to Know and Do
Description: Go online to PeerView.com/KCV860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. Cancer immunotherapy in the form of anti–PD-1, anti–PD-L1, and anti–CTLA-4 monoclonal antibodies is swiftly expanding from metastatic to early-stage, curative-intent settings in an increasing number of solid tumors. Furthermore, it’s on the cusp of further explosive growth as other novel agents, including inhibitors of new checkpoints such as LAG-3 and TIGIT, are starting to emerge. Pathologists and oncologists play a crucial role in identifying patients who would benefit the most from the broadening arsenal of immun...