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ReviewJournal of biomedicine & biotechnology2010

Vaccines against human carcinomas: strategies to improve antitumor immune responses.

Claudia Palena, Jeffrey Schlom

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of biomedicine & biotechnology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. [Immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer--novel approaches to improve patient outcome].Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer · 2013
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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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Claudia PalenaLaboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Jeffrey Schlom
Center for Cancer Research · USNational Cancer Institute · US

Funding

Human T Cell Responses to Tumor Antigens for Cancer Vaccine DevelopmentZIABC010598 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI SCHLOM, JEFFREY · 2009 to 2025
$19.3M
Novel Targets for Vaccine TherapyZICBC010937 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI PALENA, CLAUDIA · 2010 to 2022
$13.2M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple observations in preclinical and clinical studies support a role for the immune system in controlling tumor growth and progression. Various components of the innate and adaptive immune response are able to mediate tumor cell destruction; however, certain immune cell populations can also induce a protumor environment that favors tumor growth and the development of metastasis. Moreover, tumor cells themselves are equipped with various mechanisms that allow them to evade surveillance by the immune system. The goal of cancer vaccines is to induce a tumor-specific immune response that ultimately will reduce tumor burden by tipping the balance from a protumor to an antitumor immune environment. This review discusses common mechanisms that govern immune cell activation and tumor immune escape, and some of the current strategies employed in the field of cancer vaccines aimed at enhancing activation of tumor-specific T-cells with concurrent reduction of immunosuppression.

Indexed as

Cancer VaccinesHumansImmunity, InnateModels, ImmunologicalNeoplasmsCancer Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID20300434
PMCPMC2840411
OpenAlexW2003427916

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