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. 2022 Jun 11;11(12):3364. doi: 10.3390/jcm11123364

Table 6.

Potential predictors to ICIs therapy in solid tumors and subdivided into different categories—starting from widely accessible to more specific ones.

Potential Predictors Assessment Difficult Access to Parameter Evaluation (Based on Patient Compliance, Cost, Availability)
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 ++