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ReviewJournal of neuro-oncology

The history, evolution, and clinical use of dendritic cell-based immunization strategies in the therapy of brain tumors.

Peter E Fecci, Duane A Mitchell, Gary E Archer, Michael A Morse, H Kim Lyerly, Darell D Bigner, John H Sampson

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Review in Journal of neuro-oncology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Emerging immunotherapies for glioblastoma.Expert opinion on emerging drugs · 2016
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  9. Therapeutic vaccines for malignant brain tumors.Biologics : targets & therapy · 2008
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  10. Immunotherapy of malignant brain tumors.Immunological reviews · 2008
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  17. Malignant gliomas.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2004
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Peter E FecciDepartment of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Duane A Mitchell
Gary E Archer
Michael A Morse
H Kim Lyerly
Darell D Bigner
John H Sampson

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite advancements in therapeutic regimens, the prognosis remains poor for patients with malignant gliomas. Specificity has been an elusive goal for current modalities, but immunotherapy has emerged as a potential means of designing more tumor-specific treatments. Dendritic cells (DC) are the specialized antigen presenting cells of the immune system and have served now as a platform for therapeutic immunizations against such cancers as lymphoma, multiple myeloma, melanoma, prostate cancer, renal cell carcinoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, colon cancer, and even malignant gliomas. DC-based immunizations offer a number of advantages over traditional immunotherapeutic approaches to brain tumors, approaches that have proved promising despite concerns over central nervous system immune privilege and glioma-mediated immunosuppression. The future success of clinical trials will depend on the optimization and standardizing of procedures for DC generation, loading, and administration.

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ImmunotherapyAnimalsBrain NeoplasmsCancer VaccinesDendritic CellsHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyHumansCancer Vaccines

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PMID12952297

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