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ReviewCancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII2011

Mechanism of synergistic effect of chemotherapy and immunotherapy of cancer.

Rupal Ramakrishnan, Dmitry I Gabrilovich

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Review in Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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46citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

46 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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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.

Rupal RamakrishnanH. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, MRC 2067, 12902 Magnolia Dr, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
Dmitry I Gabrilovich

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, the combination of cancer immunotherapy with standard therapeutic modality is gaining credibility due to a number of clinical trials demonstrating therapeutic success of such combination therapies. However, the mechanism of this phenomenon is poorly understood. Here, we will discuss recent findings that suggest novel mechanisms of synergistic effect of cancer immunotherapy and chemotherapy.

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ImmunotherapyAntineoplastic AgentsCancer VaccinesCombined Modality TherapyHumansNeoplasmsAntineoplastic AgentsCancer Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID20976448
PMCPMC11029574

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