Journal of International Oncology ›› 2020, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (12): 737-740.doi: 10.3760/cma.j.cn371439-20200118-00111

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Research progress of hyperprogressive disease after immunotherapy

Xu Yangtao, Chen Biao, He Xiaoqin, Xu Ximing()   

  1. Cancer Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
  • Received:2020-01-18 Revised:2020-05-20 Online:2020-12-08 Published:2021-01-28
  • Contact: Xu Ximing E-mail:doctorxu120@aliyun.com
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(31971166)

Abstract:

Hyperprogressive disease is a new pattern of progression recently described in patients with cancer treated with immunotherapeutics, which are represented by programmed cell death-1 and programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-1/PD-L1) inhibitors. Hyperprogressive manifests as after anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy, the patient's condition worsens and tumor grows faster. At present, on account of its unclear mechanism and a lack of effective treatment methods, the incidence of hyperprogressive is high and the prognosis of hyperprogressive patients is poor.

Key words: Immunotherapy, Hyperprogression, PD-1/PD-L1