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ReviewNature2017

Elements of cancer immunity and the cancer-immune set point.

Daniel S Chen, Ira Mellman

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06576921 (Efficacy and Safety of Serplulimab Combined With Nab-paclitaxel and SOX as Neoadjuvant Treatment for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer or Adenocarcinoma of Esophagogastric Junction), which is not on this map. Cited by 3,233 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3,233citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
174.0field-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.

NCT06576921 phase2recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Efficacy and Safety of Serplulimab Combined With Nab-paclitaxel and SOX as Neoadjuvant Treatment for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer or Adenocarcinoma of Esophagogastric Junction: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorXijing HospitalRan2024 to 2026Enrolled116ConditionsStomach Neoplasms, Immune Checkpoint InhibitorsArmsSerplulimab Combined With Chemotherapy, Placebo combined with Chemotherapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3,233 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5,167 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. The Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Journey: From Early Promise to Lasting Impact.Journal of immunotherapy and precision oncology · 2026
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  12. Interleukin-1α (IL-1α) in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: implications for immunotherapy and molecular biomarkers.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  13. Towards mRNA therapeutics 2.0.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2026
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  18. Macrophage Trogocytosis of Tumor Cells Drives the Immunosuppression of Tumor Microenvironment.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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3,173 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

2 authors at 1 institution.

Daniel S ChenGenentech, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, USA.
Ira MellmanGenentech, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, USA.
Genentech

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy is proving to be an effective therapeutic approach in a variety of cancers. But despite the clinical success of antibodies against the immune regulators CTLA4 and PD-L1/PD-1, only a subset of people exhibit durable responses, suggesting that a broader view of cancer immunity is required. Immunity is influenced by a complex set of tumour, host and environmental factors that govern the strength and timing of the anticancer response. Clinical studies are beginning to define these factors as immune profiles that can predict responses to immunotherapy. In the context of the cancer-immunity cycle, such factors combine to represent the inherent immunological status - or 'cancer-immune set point' - of an individual.

Indexed as

AnimalsEpigenesis, GeneticGenome, HumanHumansImmunologic MemoryImmunotherapyInflammationNeoplasmsT-LymphocytesTumor Escape

Identifiers

PMID28102259
OpenAlexW2578528809

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