The #ASCO18 poster hall scrum

Wrapping up our cytokine mini-series, we have our latest expert in the BSB hotseat discussing concepts and future developments, as well as strategically drawing things together in a way that makes sense.

It has become increasingly clear that a hostile tumour microenvironment may account for one of the reasons why many patients don’t respond to cancer immunotherapy.

How do we go about figuring out the whys and wherefores in order to significantly improve on the results seen to date with monotherapy treatment?

There are quite a few angles to look at this conundrum, so we decided to explore some concepts and analogies, as well as look at what’s going on under the hood of IO clinical trials to address the thorny issue of tumour heterogeneity.  We also discuss some of the top-line data in the cytokine niche presented at ASCO and look at the outcomes in the context of what we learn and where we going next.

There’s a lot to take in and process here, but that’s part of the fun!  As often is the case, some of the best gems are in the poster halls or poster discussion sessions…

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