Clinical features, including belonging to special populations (such as elderly, immunocompromised patients, organ transplant recipients, individuals suffering from autoimmune conditions) |
Clinical |
/ |
Serum markers |
Blood-based |
+ |
PD-L1 (and PD-1) expression |
Histopathological, blood-based, molecular biology techniques |
+/++ |
Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes |
Histopathological, molecular biology techniques |
+/++ |
Genetic alterations (tumor mutational burden and copy-number alterations) |
Molecular biology techniques |
++ |