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ArticleHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2017

The revival of cancer vaccines - The eminent need to activate humoral immunity.

Elisabeth J M Huijbers, Arjan W Griffioen

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Article in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Engineering Targeting Materials for Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020
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  7. Phage display as a tool for vaccine and immunotherapy development.Bioengineering & translational medicine · 2020
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  9. Reply to Marchiò et al.: Antitumor immune regulation by angiostatic therapy.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elisabeth J M Huijbersa Angiogenesis Laboratory, Department of Medical Oncology , VU University Medical Center , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.
Arjan W Griffioena Angiogenesis Laboratory, Department of Medical Oncology , VU University Medical Center , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.
Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In light of the increasing number of approved monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of cancer, it seems peculiar that the development of antibody inducing vaccines gets so little attention. In our view there is a tremendous opportunity in the development of cancer vaccines inducing humoral immune responses, involving a couple of major advantages. Firstly, the effectivity of a polyclonal antibody response is expected to exceed the one of monoclonal antibodies. This is supported by preclinical data that show pronounced anti-tumor responses and early clinical trials in which benefit is observed in patients with advanced cancer. Secondly, vaccination strategies are expected to reduce hospital visits, resulting in enhanced quality of life. And last but not least, vaccination strategies are extremely cost effective, alleviating the socioeconomic problems of prohibitively high drug costs. To reach further clinical success, efforts should focus on target identification, optimization of vaccination strategies and adjuvant development.

Indexed as

Immunity, HumoralAdjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsAntibodies, NeoplasmAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesHumansMiceNeoplasmsQuality of LifeRatsVaccinationAdjuvants, ImmunologicAntibodies, NeoplasmAntigens, NeoplasmCancer Vaccinesadjuvantsantibody responsecancercancer vaccinesconjugatedevelopmenthumoral immunityimmune modulatorstherapeutictherapyvaccinationvaccinology

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PMID28118089
PMCPMC5443398
OpenAlexW2581276537

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