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ReviewJournal of hematology & oncology2017

Role of modern immunotherapy in gastrointestinal malignancies: a review of current clinical progress.

Zin W Myint, Gaurav Goel

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Review in Journal of hematology & oncology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  10. Peripheral blood T-cell receptor repertoire as a predictor of clinical outcomes in gastrointestinal cancer patients treated with PD-1 inhibitor.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Zin W MyintDivision of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, 800 Rose Street, CC449, Lexington, KY, 40503, USA.
Gaurav GoelDivision of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, 800 Rose Street, CC449, Lexington, KY, 40503, USA. ggoel.uky@gmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers are a group of highly aggressive malignancies with a huge disease burden worldwide. There is clearly a significant unmet need for new drugs and therapies to further improve the treatment outcomes of GI malignancies. Immunotherapy is a novel treatment strategy that is emerging as an effective and promising treatment option against several types of cancers. CTLA-4 and PD-1 are critical immune checkpoint molecules that negatively regulate T cell activation via distinct mechanisms. Immune checkpoint blockade with antibodies directed against these pathways has already shown clinical efficacy that has led to their FDA approval in the treatment of several solid tumors including melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, renal cell carcinoma, urothelial carcinoma, and head and neck cancer. This review will summarize the current clinical progress of modern immunotherapy in the field of GI tumors, with a special focus on immune checkpoint blockade.

Indexed as

ImmunotherapyAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalB7-H1 AntigenCancer VaccinesCarcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalClinical Trials as TopicCTLA-4 AntigenDigestive System NeoplasmsEsophageal NeoplasmsGastrointestinal NeoplasmsHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyNeoplasm ProteinsPancreatic NeoplasmsProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalB7-H1 AntigenCancer VaccinesCD274 protein, humanCTLA-4 AntigenNeoplasm ProteinsPDCD1 protein, humanProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorColorectal cancerCTLA-4Esophageal cancerGastric cancerGastrointestinal cancersHepatocellular carcinomaImmune checkpoint blockadeImmunotherapyPancreatic cancerPD-1PD-L1

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PMID28434400
PMCPMC5402172

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