Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27993092›Full record

ReviewImmunotherapy2016

Novel vaccines for glioblastoma: clinical update and perspective.

Evan K Winograd, Michael J Ciesielski, Robert A Fenstermaker

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In one paragraph

Review in Immunotherapy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Harnessing the immune system in glioblastoma.British journal of cancer · 2018
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  14. Survivin-Based Treatment Strategies for Squamous Cell Carcinoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2018
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  17. A Winning New Combination? Toward Clinical Application in Oncology.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center
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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 1 country.

Evan K WinogradDepartment of Neurosurgery, State University of New York at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA.
Michael J CiesielskiDepartment of Neurosurgery, State University of New York at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA.
Robert A FenstermakerDepartment of Neurosurgery, State University of New York at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA.
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center · USUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New York · US

Funding

Two-Spirit Films in Indigenous Cancer HealthP30CA016056 · NCI · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · PI MARK G FRATTINI · 1985 to 2026
$116.6M
Targeting the anti-apoptotic protein survivin in gliomaR21NS049309 · NINDS · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · PI FENSTERMAKER, ROBERT A · 2004 to 2005
$470k
Immunotherapy for gliomas with monoclonal antibodies targeting MCSPR21NS054167 · NINDS · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · PI FENSTERMAKER, ROBERT A · 2006 to 2007
$441k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016056NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS049309NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS054167
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma is the most common primary brain cancer. Aggressive treatment with surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy provides limited overall survival benefit. Glioblastomas have a formidable tumor microenvironment that is hostile to immunological effector cells and these cancers produce profound systemic immunosuppression. However, surgical resection of these tumors creates conditions that favor the use of immunotherapeutic strategies. Therefore, extensive surgical resection, when feasible, will remain part of the equation to provide an environment in which active specific immunotherapy has the greatest chance of working. Toward that end, a number of vaccination protocols are under investigation. Vaccines studied to date have produced cellular and humoral antitumor responses, but unequivocal clinical efficacy has yet to be demonstrated. In addition, focus is shifting toward the prospect of therapies involving vaccines in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors and other immunomodulatory agents so that effector cells remain active against their targets systemically and within the tumor microenvironment.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalCancer VaccinesCostimulatory and Inhibitory T-Cell ReceptorsGlioblastomaHumansImmunomodulationImmunosuppression TherapyImmunotherapyTumor MicroenvironmentAntibodies, MonoclonalCancer VaccinesCostimulatory and Inhibitory T-Cell Receptorsdendritic cellEGFRvIIIglioblastomaheat-shock proteinpp65 CMVsurvivinvaccine

Identifiers

PMID27993092
PMCPMC5619015
OpenAlexW2561745256

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