Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24629333›Full record

ReviewCell host & microbe2014

Viruses for tumor therapy.

John Bell, Grant McFadden

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Review in Cell host & microbe, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 100 papers.

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100citing papers in PubMed
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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

100 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Tuning epigenetics to enhance cancer virotherapy.Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B · 2026
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  6. Identification of TPRA1 as a Novel Receptor and Predictive Biomarker for Oncolytic Virus M1.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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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.

John BellCenter for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Grant McFaddenDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA. Electronic address: grantmcf@ufl.edu.

Funding

Studies in Poxvirus Host Range Genes and TropismR01AI080607 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI RAHMAN, MASMUDUR MOHAMMED · 2009 to 2025
$5.6M
Manipulation of inflammasomes and NF-kB signaling in human myeloid cells by MyxomR01AI100987 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI MCFADDEN, GRANT · 2013 to 2017
$1.9M
Myxoma Virus (MV) Oncolysis for treating human cancerR01CA138541 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI MCFADDEN, GRANT · 2010 to 2014
$1.5M
CIHRNCI NIH HHS R01 CA138541NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI080607NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI100987
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oncolytic virotherapy exploits live viruses with selective tropism for cancerous cells and tissues to treat cancer. As discussed here, the field has progressed considerably as a result of both the successes and failures of previous and on-going clinical trials for various cancers. These studies indicate that oncolytic viruses are remarkably safe and more efficacious when virus replication stimulates sustained antitumor immune responses. In the future, virotherapy should be combined with immunomodulatory reagents that target immune tolerance to established cancers.

Indexed as

Viral TropismClinical Trials as TopicCombined Modality TherapyImmunologic FactorsNeoplasmsOncolytic VirotherapyOncolytic VirusesTreatment OutcomeImmunologic Factors

Identifiers

PMID24629333
PMCPMC3963258

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