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Antitumour immunity gets a boost

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Five papers extend the list of cancers that respond to therapies that restore antitumour immunity by blocking the PD-1 pathway, and characterize those patients who respond best. See Letters p.558, p.563, p.568, p.572 & p.577

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Figure 1: Checkpoint blockade activates antitumour immunity.

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  1. Jedd D. Wolchok is in the Department of Medicine and the Ludwig Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, USA.,

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  2. Timothy A. Chan is in the Department of Radiation Oncology and the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.,

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Wolchok, J., Chan, T. Antitumour immunity gets a boost. Nature 515, 496–498 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/515496a

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