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ReviewCancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII2004

Trials and tribulations of immunotherapy as a treatment option for patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

M Rita I Young

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Review in Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 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

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Dendritic Cells (DC) Facilitate Detachment of Squamous Carcinoma Cells (SCC), While SCC Promote an Immature CD16(+) DC Phenotype and Control DC Migration.Cancer microenvironment : official journal of the International Cancer Microenvironment Society · 2013
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  8. Viable head and neck tumor spheroids stimulate in vitro autologous monocyte MCP-1 secretion through soluble substances and CD14/lectin-like receptors.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2005
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  9. Prevention of head and neck cancer.Current oncology reports · 2005
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

M Rita I YoungResearch Service (151), Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, 109 Bee Street, Charleston, SC 29401-5799, USA. rita.young@med.va.gov

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is an aggressive epithelial malignancy that is the sixth most common neoplasm in the world. Despite numerous advances in treatments involving surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, the 5-year survival has remained at less than 50% for the last 30 years primarily due to local recurrences [66]. Consequently, the possibility of developing immunotherapeutic approaches as a treatment for HNSCC has gained interest. The present review has 3 objectives pertaining to immunotherapeutic means to treat HNSCC patients: (1) to summarize the feasibility of such approaches, (2) to provide an overview of the obstacles to attaining protective immune reactivity, and (3) to consider how these obstacles can be overcome to stimulate immune reactivity to HNSCC. These objectives will also be considered in the context of what lessons have been learned from immunotherapeutic trials for other solid malignancies and the applicability of this information to HNSCC.

Indexed as

ImmunotherapyAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCarcinoma, Squamous CellClinical Trials as TopicCombined Modality TherapyHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansImmunity, CellularRadiotherapyAntineoplastic Agents

Identifiers

PMID14634795
PMCPMC11033011

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