Body mass index and baseline platelet count as predictive factors in merkel cell carcinoma patients treated with avelumab

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    Linking excess adiposity to ICI response in MCC patients could give more insights into the complex immune-metabolic interactions, serving as both predictive and stratification factors in future clinical trials. The Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (ICIs), anti-PD-L1 avelumab and anti-PD-1 pembrolizumab, have been recently approved as firstline treatment in metastatic MCC, although only a minority of patients exhibit long-term response. The clinical, contrasting, observation of improved outcomes in obese patients following treatment with immune checkpoint blockade, known as the "obesity paradox", has been studied across many types of tumors. Probably . . .

     

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