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ReviewHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2014

Vaccines versus immunotherapy: overview of approaches in deciding between options.

Angus G Dalgleish

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Review in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

1 author at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Angus G Dalgleisha Institute of Infection and Immunity ; St George's University of London ; Tooting , London, UK.
St George's, University of London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review compares the optimal use of vaccines vs. other forms of immunotherapy, which includes cytokines, such as IL-2, monoclonal antibodies, such as the 'checkpoint inhibitors', against CTLA-4 and PD-1. The review includes both prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines using a variety of technologies. It is already established that vaccines can be enhanced by other immunotherapies, such as cytokines (IL-2) and there is scope for combining both of these with the 'checkpoint' antibodies. Moreover, both can be enhanced with other modalities, such as radiotherapy, ablative therapy and both high and low dose chemotherapies.

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalCancer VaccinesCTLA-4 AntigenCytokinesHumansImmunotherapyNeoplasmsProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorAntibodies, MonoclonalCancer VaccinesCTLA-4 AntigenCytokinesPDCD1 protein, humanProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorantibodiesBCG, Bacillus Colmette Guerincheckpoint inhibitorsCpG, cytosine-phosphate-guanosinecytokinesGM-CSF, Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factorHBV, Human hepatitis virusHPV, Human papilloma virusIL-2, Interleukin-2immune modulatorsimmunotherapyPFS, progression free survivalPSA, Prostate-specific antigenTGFβ, Tumour growth factor betatherapeutic vaccinesTLR, Toll-like receptor

Identifiers

PMID25625932
PMCPMC4517456
OpenAlexW2065416322

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