This disclosure provides a method for treating a
cancer patient comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-PD-1
antagonist, for example, an anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1
antibody, in combination with an indolamine 2,3-
dioxygenase inhibitor, wherein the patient is identified as exhibiting a combined biomarker comprising (a) a high IFNγ inflammatory signature
score and (b) a low
tryptophan 2,3-
dioxygenase 2 (TDO2)
gene expression
score. The high IFNγ inflammatory signature
score is determined by measuring the expression of a panel of IFNγ-related
inflammatory genes in a
cancer sample obtained from the patient, wherein the
gene panel comprises, for example, IFNγ, CXCL10, CXCL9, HLA-DRA, IDO1, and STAT1. In some respects, the
gene panel also includes CCR5, CXCL11, GZMA, and PRF1.In some aspects, the genetic panel comprises CXCR6,
TIGIT, PD-L1, PD-L2,
LAG3, NKG7, PSMB10, CMKLR1, CD8A, IDO1, CCL5, CXCL9, HLA.DQA1, CD276, HLA.DRB1, STAT1, HLA.E and TDO2.