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ArticleExpert review of vaccines2012

Outlining novel scenarios for improved therapeutic cancer vaccines: the PANVAC paradigm.

Constantin N Baxevanis

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Article in Expert review of vaccines, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Constantin N BaxevanisCancer Immunology and Immunotherapy Center, St. Savas Cancer Hospital, Athens, Greece. baxevanis@ciic.gr
St Savas Hospital · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The approval of sipuleucel-T has placed cancer vaccines on the verge of becoming an effective modality. However, there is much to define to understand the intricacies from the multiple confounding factors in vaccine immunotherapy. In this article under review, some patients with metastatic cancer who had limited tumor burden and minimal prior chemotherapy responded immunologically and clinically to PANVAC. This study highlights the need for selecting appropriate patient populations for testing of therapeutic vaccines. The rationale of this study is that patients with a healthier immune system are capable of responding to a vaccine, thus providing long-term tumor control through immune surveillance.

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