Open AccessMining The Cancer Genome Atlas database for tumor mutation burden and its clinical implications in gastric cancer
Author(s) -
Dongyan Zhao,
Xizhen Sun,
Shukun Yao
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.924
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1948-5204
DOI - 10.4251/wjgo.v13.i1.37
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , atlas (anatomy) , genome , genetics , gene , biology , anatomy
Tumor mutational burden (TMB) is an important independent biomarker for the response to immunotherapy in multiple cancers. However, the clinical implications of TMB in gastric cancer (GC) have not been fully elucidated.