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ReviewThe oncologist2015

Advances in anticancer immunotoxin therapy.

Christine Alewine, Raffit Hassan, Ira Pastan

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Review in The oncologist, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 102 papers.

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102citing 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

102 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

3 authors.

Christine AlewineLaboratory of Molecular Biology and Thoracic and Gastrointestinal Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Raffit HassanLaboratory of Molecular Biology and Thoracic and Gastrointestinal Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Ira PastanLaboratory of Molecular Biology and Thoracic and Gastrointestinal Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA pastani@mail.nih.gov.

Funding

Immunotherapy for Malignant Mesothelioma, Lung Cancer and Thymic MalignanciesZIABC010816 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI HASSAN, RAFFIT · 2009 to 2025
$25.5M
Precision Therapy to Target Pancreatic Ductal AdenocarcinomaZIABC011652 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI ALEWINE, CHRISTINE · 2015 to 2025
$7.9M
Intramural NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotoxins are a novel class of antibody-conjugated therapeutics currently in clinical development for a variety of malignancies. They consist of an antibody-based targeting domain fused to a bacterial toxin payload for cell killing. Immunotoxins kill cells by inhibiting protein synthesis, a unique mechanism of action that is toxic to both dividing and nondividing cells. Recent advances in the design and administration of immunotoxins are overcoming historical challenges in the field, leading to renewed interest in these therapeutics.

Indexed as

Bacterial ToxinsHumansImmunotoxinsNeoplasmsProtein BiosynthesisBacterial ToxinsImmunotoxinsAntibody conjugateAntidrug antibodyRecombinant immunotoxinVascular leak syndrome

Identifiers

PMID25561510
PMCPMC4319635

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