Table 1.

Information of cohorts used in this work.

Cohort name	Tumour type	Cohort size	Target checkpoint	Reference
SMC	Lung cancer	122	PD-1/PD-L1	This work
Hellmann	Lung cancer	75	PD-1 & CTLA-4	Ref. 25
Rizvi	Lung cancer	34	PD-1	Ref. 24
Van Allen	Melanoma	110	CTLA-4	Ref. 21
Snyder	Melanoma	64	CTLA-4	Ref. 22
Roh	Melanoma	56	PD-1 & CTLA-4	Ref. 10
Riaz	Melanoma	68	PD-1	Ref. 12