Challenges in Immune Profiling of Cancer Immunotherapy

Abstract

The pathologist’s decision drives effective cancer treatment decisions for patients. This is possible only through the availability of high quality tissue samples and appropriate screening methodologies. Further, with the explosion of technology development in genomics and proteomics and interest in immunological research and immunotherapy, the importance of appropriately collected tissue specimens has heightened. Some of the crucial factors that need to be considered in immune analysis of cancer immunotherapy are discussed.