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ReviewJournal of neuro-oncology2015

Biomarkers for glioma immunotherapy: the next generation.

Jennifer S Sims, Timothy H Ung, Justin A Neira, Peter Canoll, Jeffrey N Bruce

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of neuro-oncology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Gliomas.Current oncology reports · 2017
    Review
  12. Advances in Immunotherapy for Glioblastoma Multiforme.Journal of immunology research · 2017
    Review
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  14. Diversity and divergence of the glioma-infiltrating T-cell receptor repertoire.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2016
    Article
  15. CHD1L Regulates Cell Cycle, Apoptosis, and Migration in Glioma.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2016
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  18. Circulating biomarkers for gliomas.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2015
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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jennifer S SimsDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA, jss2234@columbia.edu.
Timothy H Ung
Justin A Neira
Peter Canoll
Jeffrey N Bruce
Columbia University Irving Medical Center · USNeurological Surgery · US

Funding

CHRONIC CONVECTION ENHANCED DELIVERY (CED) OF TOPOTECAN FOR GLIOBLASTOMAR01CA161404 · NCI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI BRUCE, JEFFREY N · 2012 to 2017
$2.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA161404
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The term "biomarker" historically refers to a single parameter, such as the expression level of a gene or a radiographic pattern, used to indicate a broader biological state. Molecular indicators have been applied to several aspects of cancer therapy: to describe the genotypic and phenotypic state of neoplastic tissue for prognosis, to predict susceptibility to anti-proliferative agents, to validate the presence of specific drug targets, and to evaluate responsiveness to therapy. For glioblastoma (GBM), immunohistochemical and radiographic biomarkers accessible to the clinical lab have informed traditional regimens, but while immunotherapies have emerged as potentially disruptive weapons against this diffusely infiltrating, heterogeneous tumor, biomarkers with strong predictive power have not been fully established. The cancer immunotherapy field, through the recently accelerated expansion of trials, is currently leveraging this wealth of clinical and biological data to define and revise the use of biomarkers for improving prognostic accuracy, personalization of therapy, and evaluation of responses across the wide variety of tumors. Technological advancements in DNA sequencing, cytometry, and microscopy have facilitated the exploration of more integrated, high-dimensional profiling of the disease system-incorporating both immune and tumor parameters-rather than single metrics, as biomarkers for therapeutic sensitivity. Here we discuss the utility of traditional GBM biomarkers in immunotherapy and how the impending transformation of the biomarker paradigm-from single markers to integrated profiles-may offer the key to bringing predictive, personalized immunotherapy to GBM patients.

Indexed as

Biomarkers, TumorBrain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaHumansImmunotherapyBiomarkers, Tumor

Identifiers

PMID25724916
PMCPMC4498992
OpenAlexW2005518401

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Registered trials

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