Obesity diminishes response to immunotherapy in kidney cancer
In this study, the researchers looked at the interaction between obesity and outcomes in patients taking immune checkpoint inhibitors (anti-PD-1 immunotherapy, e.g. nivolumab, pembrolizumab) for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Seventy-two (72) patients with metastatic RCC were treated with anti–PD-1 immunotherapy (none had been treated with immunotherapy before). Obese patients had poorer progression-free […]