Method for predicting patient response to immunotherapy

Abstract

Provided herein, among other things, is a method for predicting how a patient responds to immunotherapy. In some embodiments, the method may comprise: performing a multiplexed binding assay on a tissue section of a tumor obtained from a cancer patient to identify at least cancer cells, effector immune cells and immunosuppressive cells in the tissue section; measuring, for each cell of a plurality of the effector immune cells: (i) the physical distance to its most proximal cancer cell; and (ii) the physical distances to its most proximal immunosuppressive cell; and calculating, for each of the effector immune cells analyzed, the ratio of the distance measured in step (i) and distance measured in step (ii), wherein the ratio is predictive of the patient's response to immunotherapy. The method may be used to select patients for immunotherapy.

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