Tumor mutation burden is an imperfect predictor of response to immunotherapies. Mutations in regions of the genome unlikely to undergo loss during tumor evolution constitute a persistent tumor mutation burden that may drive sustained immunological tumor control in the context of cancer immunotherapy.
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Persistent mutations render cancer cells susceptible to immunotherapy. Nat Med 29, 311–312 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-02175-6
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