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ReviewCurrent opinion in pediatrics2010

Immunotherapy of childhood cancer: from biologic understanding to clinical application.

Alan S Wayne, Christian M Capitini, Crystal L Mackall

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Review in Current opinion in pediatrics, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. The cancer stem cell niche--there goes the neighborhood?International journal of cancer · 2011
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alan S WaynePediatric Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room #1-3750, 9000 Rockville Pike, MSC 1104, Bethesda, MD 20892-1104, USA. waynea@mail.nih.gov
Christian M Capitini
Crystal L Mackall
National Institutes of Health · USCenter for Cancer Research · US

Funding

Pediatric Oncology Branch Clinical Care and EducationZIEBC010764 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI WAYNE, ALAN S · 2009 to 2012
$15.2M
Immunobiology of Pediatric TumorsZIABC011073 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI MACKALL, CRYSTAL · 2009 to 2015
$8.4M
Clinical Program in Pediatric SarcomasZIABC011074 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI MACKALL, CRYSTAL · 2009 to 2012
$5.2M
Experimental Therapeutics of Pediatric Hematopoietic MalignanciesZICSC010353 · NCI · DIVISION OF CLINICAL SCIENCES - NCI · PI WAYNE, ALAN S · 2009 to 2013
$4.9M
Developing Immune Based TherapiesZIABC011072 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI MACKALL, CRYSTAL · 2009 to 2010
$2.6M
THERAPEUTICS OF PEDIATRIC HEMATOPOIETIC MALIGNANCIESZ01SC010353 · SC · DIVISION OF CLINICAL SCIENCES - NCI · PI WAYNE, ALAN S · 2000 to 2008
$1.8M
Immunobiology and Immunotherapy of Pediatric TumorsZ01SC010289 · SC · CLINICAL SCIENCES · PI MACKALL, CRYSTAL L. · 1999 to 2007
$985k
Pediatric Graft-vs-Host DiseaseZICBC010596 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI WAYNE, ALAN S · 2009 to 2010
$423k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 SC010289Intramural NIH HHS Z01 SC010353
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewMost children with cancer can be cured with combination regimens of chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, or all. However, standard therapies are toxic to normal tissues, cancer cells commonly develop resistance to chemotherapy, and relapsed malignancy is a leading cause of mortality in pediatrics. Elucidation of the principles of the normal immune response and tumor biology, coupled with technological developments, have led to important advances in the field of cancer immunotherapy. This review summarizes the biologic basis of cancer immunotherapy and highlights recent examples of progress in the application of novel humoral and cellular immunotherapies to children and adolescents with malignancy. RECENT

findingsClinical trials of immunotherapy for pediatric cancer have recently been initiated. To date, most immune-based therapies have been well tolerated and some have shown clinically significant activity against specific refractory high-risk malignancies. SUMMARY: Recent clinical trial results provide proof-of-principle that cancer immunotherapy has the capacity to overcome chemotherapy resistance without the usual toxicities associated with cytotoxic regimens. Immunotherapy holds promise in the treatment of children and adolescents with cancer and has the potential to improve both survival and quality of life.

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesChildCombined Modality TherapyGraft vs Leukemia EffectHumansImmune SystemImmunogenetic PhenomenaImmunotherapyNeoplasmsReceptors, AntigenReceptors, ImmunologicStem Cell TransplantationTransplantation, HomologousAntibodies, MonoclonalAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesReceptors, AntigenReceptors, Immunologic

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PMID19952749
PMCPMC2845444
OpenAlexW2020260754

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