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ReviewSeminars in oncology2015

Immune checkpoint blockade and interferon-α in melanoma.

Imran Rafique, John M Kirkwood, Ahmad A Tarhini

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Review in Seminars in oncology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Targeting inflammation as cancer therapy.Journal of hematology & oncology · 2024
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  5. Recent advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of acral melanoma.Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B · 2024
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  14. Diagnosis and Management of Acral Lentiginous Melanoma.Current treatment options in oncology · 2018
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  15. Melanoma treatment in review.ImmunoTargets and therapy · 2018
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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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

Imran RafiqueUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
John M KirkwoodUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA.
Ahmad A TarhiniUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA. Electronic address: tarhiniaa@upmc.edu.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center · US

Funding

Therapuetic Immune Targeting of EphA2 Expressed by Melanoma & Its Tumor-AssociateP50CA121973 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI KIRKWOOD, JOHN MUNN · 2008 to 2018
$22.9M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA121973
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The quality of the host immune response in patients with advanced melanoma is compromised with a bias towards Th2-type polarization and a tumor microenvironment that facilitates disease progression. Overcoming tumor-induced immune suppression through strategies that build upon the immunomodulatory qualities and clinical activity of interferon-α as demonstrated in the melanoma adjuvant setting is a major clinical need. The recent advances in the field of immune checkpoint modulation and the unprecedented clinical activity in advanced melanoma opens the door on novel combinations that may overcome tumor tolerogenic mechanisms that are known to suppress the potent anti-tumor impact of interferon (IFN)-α. Promising preliminary data suggest that such combinations may move the clinical management of advanced melanoma into the next level, beyond what is currently seen with immune checkpoint blockers alone.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsHumansImmunologic FactorsInterferon-alphaMelanomaTumor EscapeAntineoplastic AgentsImmunologic FactorsInterferon-alpha

Identifiers

PMID25965362
PMCPMC4429252
OpenAlexW2075269543

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