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ReviewClinical and experimental medicine2009

Cancer therapy using tumor-associated antigens to reduce side effects.

David Siu

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Review in Clinical and experimental medicine, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

David SiuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, British Columbia Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V5R 5K6, Canada. dkcsiu@interchange.ubc.ca
University of British Columbia · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor-associated antigens recently have become very popular in cancer therapy. They can be targeted to reduce side effects of traditional cancer therapy. In this review, ten promising tumor-associated antigens are being discussed in detail. The characteristics of each one are being reviewed in detail. Monoclonal antibodies attached to traditional anticancer agents can target a specific type of cancer cells thereby reducing the amount of traditional anticancer agents reaching normal tissues. This sort of cancer targeting can be a very attractive anticancer therapy because it substantially reduces the amount of side effects normally caused by traditional anticancer agents.

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalAntigens, NeoplasmAntineoplastic AgentsHumansImmunotoxinsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntigens, NeoplasmAntineoplastic AgentsImmunotoxins

Identifiers

PMID19408102
OpenAlexW2164460988

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Registered trials

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