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ReviewNeuro-oncology2015

Immunosuppressive mechanisms in glioblastoma.

Edjah K Nduom, Michael Weller, Amy B Heimberger

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Review in Neuro-oncology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 247 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
247citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
8.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

247 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 352 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Edjah K NduomDepartment of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas (E.K.N., A.B.H.); Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (M.W.).
Michael WellerDepartment of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas (E.K.N., A.B.H.); Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (M.W.).
Amy B HeimbergerDepartment of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas (E.K.N., A.B.H.); Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (M.W.).
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USUniversity Hospital of Zurich · CH

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Scott Kopetz · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Tropism Enhanced Oncolytic Adenovirus for the Treatment of Brain TumorsP50CA127001 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Juan Fueyo · 2008 to 2026
$41.2M
NCI NIH HHS CA1208113NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NCI NIH HHS P50 CA127001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite maximal surgical and medical therapy, the treatment of glioblastoma remains a seriously vexing problem, with median survival well under 2 years and few long-term survivors. Targeted therapy has yet to produce significant advances in treatment of these lesions in spite of advanced molecular characterization of glioblastoma and glioblastoma cancer stem cells. Recently, immunotherapy has emerged as a promising mode for some of the hardest to treat tumors, including metastatic melanoma. Although immunotherapy has been evaluated in glioblastoma in the past with limited success, better understanding of the failures of these therapies could lead to more successful treatments in the future. Furthermore, there is a persistent challenge for the use of immune therapy to treat glioblastoma secondary to the existence of redundant mechanisms of tumor-mediated immune suppression. Here we will address these mechanisms of immunosuppression in glioblastoma and therapeutic approaches.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaHumansImmune ToleranceImmunotherapyTumor Escapeglioblastomaimmunosuppressionimmunotherapy

Identifiers

PMID26516226
PMCPMC4625890
OpenAlexW2267280007

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