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Laura Pala

Researcher at European Institute of Oncology

Publications -  68
Citations -  1742

Laura Pala is an academic researcher from European Institute of Oncology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 47 publications receiving 915 citations. Previous affiliations of Laura Pala include University of Milan.

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Cancer immunotherapy efficacy and patients' sex: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

TL;DR: Immune checkpoint inhibitors can improve overall survival for patients with advanced cancers, but the magnitude of benefit is sex-dependent, and future research should guarantee greater inclusion of women in trials and focus on improving the effectiveness of immunotherapies in women.
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Baseline neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is associated with outcome of ipilimumab-treated metastatic melanoma patients

TL;DR: Findings show that baseline NLR is strongly and independently associated with outcome of patients treated with ipilimumab, and may serve to identify patients most likely to benefit from this therapy.
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Sex-Based Heterogeneity in Response to Lung Cancer Immunotherapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

TL;DR: Women with advanced lung cancer derived statistically significantly larger benefit from the addition of chemotherapy to anti-PD1/PD-L1 as compared with men.