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ReviewJournal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997)

Immunotherapy for melanoma: current status and perspectives.

Doru T Alexandrescu, Thomas E Ichim, Neil H Riordan, Francesco M Marincola, Anna Di Nardo, Filamer D Kabigting, Constantin A Dasanu

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Stem cell tracking in human trials: a meta-regression.Stem cell reviews and reports · 2011
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  10. New trends in antitumor vaccines in melanoma.Annals of translational medicine · 2017
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  15. Regulatory T cells in the immunotherapy of melanoma.Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine · 2016
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  20. Melanoma immunotherapy.Cancer biology & therapy · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Doru T AlexandrescuDivision of Dermatology, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA. mddoru@hotmail.com
Thomas E Ichim
Neil H Riordan
Francesco M Marincola
Anna Di Nardo
Filamer D Kabigting
Constantin A Dasanu
University of California, San Diego · USNational Institutes of Health · USSaint Francis University · US

Funding

Immunogenetic Study of Infectious Diseases and CancerZ01CL002118 · CLC · CLINICAL CENTER · PI MARINCOLA, FRANCESCO M · 2007 to 2008
$1.4M
Immunogenetics of Vaccine TherapyZIACL002115 · CLC · CLINICAL CENTER · PI MARINCOLA, FRANCESCO M · 2009 to 2010
$0k
Immunogenetic Study of Infectious Diseases and CancerZIACL002118 · CLC · CLINICAL CENTER · PI MARINCOLA, FRANCESCO M · 2009 to 2012
$0k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 CL002118
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy is an important modality in the therapy of patients with malignant melanoma. As our knowledge about this disease continues to expand, so does the immunotherapeutic armamentarium. Nevertheless, successful preclinical models do not always translate into clinically meaningful results. The authors give a comprehensive analysis of most recent advances in the immune anti-melanoma therapy, including interleukins, interferons, other cytokines, adoptive immunotherapy, biochemotherapy, as well as the use of different vaccines. We also present the fundamental concepts behind various immune enhancement strategies, passive immunotherapy, as well as the use of immune adjuvants. This review brings into discussion the results of newer and older clinical trials, as well as potential limitations and drawbacks seen with the utilization of various immune therapies in malignant melanoma. Development of novel therapeutic approaches, along with optimization of existing therapies, continues to hold a great promise in the field of melanoma therapy research. Use of anti-CTLA4 and anti-PD1 antibodies, realization of the importance of co-stimulatory signals, which translated into the use of agonist CD40 monoclonal antibodies, as well as activation of innate immunity through enhanced expression of co-stimulatory molecules on the surface of dendritic cells by TLR agonists are only a few items on the list of recent advances in the treatment of melanoma. The need to engineer better immune interactions and to boost positive feedback loops appear crucial for the future of melanoma therapy, which ultimately resides in our understanding of the complexity of immune responses in this disease.

Indexed as

Cancer VaccinesImmunotherapyAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalClinical Trials as TopicCytokinesDendritic CellsHumansMelanomaSkin NeoplasmsAntibodies, MonoclonalCancer VaccinesCytokines

Identifiers

PMID20551839
PMCPMC3517185
OpenAlexW1992905909

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