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ArticleJournal of translational medicine2014

What have we learned from cancer immunotherapy in the last 3 years?

Paolo A Ascierto, Francesco M Marincola

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Article in Journal of translational medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing 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

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Autoimmune Endocrine Dysfunctions Associated with Cancer Immunotherapies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019
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  7. Thyroid disorders induced by checkpoint inhibitors.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2018
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  14. Melanoma: the role of surgery in the era of new therapies.Journal of translational medicine · 2014
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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.

Paolo A AsciertoUnit of Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Innovative Therapy Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione "G, Pascale", Via Mariano Semmola, 80131 Naples, Italy. paolo.ascierto@gmail.com.
Francesco M Marincola

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Until recently, most immunotherapeutic approaches used to fight cancer were ineffective, counteracted by the tumour's ability to evade immune attack. However, extensive research has improved our understanding of tumour immunology and enabled the development of novel treatments that can harness the patient's immune system and prevent immune escape. Over the last few years, through numerous clinical trials and real-world experience, we have accumulated a large amount of evidence regarding the potential for long-term survival with immunotherapy agents in various types of malignancy. The results of these studies have also highlighted a number of recurring observations with immuno-oncology agents, including their potential for clinical application across a broad patient population and for both conventional and unconventional response patterns. Furthermore, given the numerous immune checkpoints that exist and the multiple mechanisms used by tumours to escape the immune system, targeting distinct checkpoint pathways using combination approaches is an attractive therapeutic strategy with the potential to further enhance the antitumour immune response.

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ImmunotherapyClinical Trials as TopicHumansNeoplasms

Identifiers

PMID24886164
PMCPMC4038596

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