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ReviewNature reviews. Clinical oncology2014

Therapeutic vaccines for cancer: an overview of clinical trials.

Ignacio Melero, Gustav Gaudernack, Winald Gerritsen, Christoph Huber, Giorgio Parmiani, Suzy Scholl, Nicholas Thatcher, John Wagstaff, Christoph Zielinski, Ian Faulkner and 1 more

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Review in Nature reviews. Clinical oncology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 400 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

400 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

11 authors.

Ignacio MeleroCentro de Investigación Medica Aplicada (CIMA) and Clínica Universitaria (CUN), Universidad de Navarra, Spain.
Gustav GaudernackDepartment of Immunology, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Cancer Research Institute, University of Oslo, Norway.
Winald GerritsenDepartment of Medical Oncology, VUmc Cancer Center Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Christoph HuberDepartment of Haematology/Oncology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany.
Giorgio ParmianiSan Raffaele Foundation Scientific Institute, Italy.
Suzy SchollDepartment of Medical Oncology, Institut Curie, France.
Nicholas ThatcherCRC Department of Medical Oncology, Christie Hospital NHS Trust, UK.
John WagstaffSouth West Wales Cancer Institute, Singleton Hospital, UK.
Christoph ZielinskiClinical Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Centre Vienna, Medical University Vienna, Austria.
Ian FaulknerInternational Medical Press, UK.
Håkan MellstedtCancer Centre Karolinska, Department of Oncology, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The therapeutic potential of host-specific and tumour-specific immune responses is well recognized and, after many years, active immunotherapies directed at inducing or augmenting these responses are entering clinical practice. Antitumour immunization is a complex, multi-component task, and the optimal combinations of antigens, adjuvants, delivery vehicles and routes of administration are not yet identified. Active immunotherapy must also address the immunosuppressive and tolerogenic mechanisms deployed by tumours. This Review provides an overview of new results from clinical studies of therapeutic cancer vaccines directed against tumour-associated antigens and discusses their implications for the use of active immunotherapy.

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Clinical Trials as TopicImmunotherapy, ActiveAdjuvants, ImmunologicAntigens, NeoplasmBreast NeoplasmsCancer VaccinesCarcinoma, Renal CellColorectal NeoplasmsFemaleHematologic NeoplasmsHumansKidney NeoplasmsLung NeoplasmsMaleMelanomaNeoplasmsAdjuvants, ImmunologicAntigens, NeoplasmCancer Vaccines

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