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NYU study shows cancer cell biology may predict response to immunotherapy

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A study led by researchers from NYU Grossman School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center linked the extent of genomic loss of region 9p24 on chromosome 9 in the cancer cells of patients with HPV-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinoma to survival duration after checkpoint inhibitor therapy. 

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