The Surprisingly Positive Association Between Obesity and Cancer Immunotherapy Efficacy

JAMA. 2019 Apr 2;321(13):1247-1248. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.0463.

Authors

William J Murphy^{1

2}, Dan L Longo³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento.
² Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento.
³ Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 30882850
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2019.0463

No abstract available

MeSH terms

B7-H1 Antigen / antagonists & inhibitors*
Humans
Immunotherapy*
Neoplasms / complications
Neoplasms / therapy*
Obesity / complications*
Obesity / immunology
Treatment Outcome

Substances

B7-H1 Antigen
CD274 protein, human