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ReviewBiomedicines2016

Cancer Vaccines in Ovarian Cancer: How Can We Improve?

Silvia Martin Lluesma, Anita Wolfer, Alexandre Harari, Lana E Kandalaft

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Review in Biomedicines, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Recent Insights into PARP and Immuno-Checkpoint Inhibitors in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  10. Cell therapies in ovarian cancer.Therapeutic advances in medical oncology · 2021
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  15. Immunotherapies in ovarian cancer.EJC supplements : EJC : official journal of EORTC, European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer ... [et al.] · 2020
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Silvia Martin LluesmaCenter of Experimental Therapeutics, Ludwig Center for Cancer Res, Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne 1011, Switzerland. Silvia.Martin-Lluesma@chuv.ch.
Anita WolferDepartment of Oncology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne 1011, Switzerland. Anita.Wolfer@chuv.ch.
Alexandre HarariCenter of Experimental Therapeutics, Ludwig Center for Cancer Res, Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne 1011, Switzerland. Alexandre.Harari@chuv.ch.
Lana E KandalaftCenter of Experimental Therapeutics, Ludwig Center for Cancer Res, Department of Oncology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne 1011, Switzerland. Lana.Kandalaft@chuv.ch.
Ludwig Cancer Research · CHUniversity of Lausanne · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is one important cause of gynecologic cancer-related death. Currently, the mainstay of ovarian cancer treatment consists of cytoreductive surgery and platinum-based chemotherapy (introduced 30 years ago) but, as the disease is usually diagnosed at an advanced stage, its prognosis remains very poor. Clearly, there is a critical need for new treatment options, and immunotherapy is one attractive alternative. Prophylactic vaccines for prevention of infectious diseases have led to major achievements, yet therapeutic cancer vaccines have shown consistently low efficacy in the past. However, as they are associated with minimal side effects or invasive procedures, efforts directed to improve their efficacy are being deployed, with Dendritic Cell (DC) vaccination strategies standing as one of the more promising options. On the other hand, recent advances in our understanding of immunological mechanisms have led to the development of successful strategies for the treatment of different cancers, such as immune checkpoint blockade strategies. Combining these strategies with DC vaccination approaches and introducing novel combinatorial designs must also be considered and evaluated. In this review, we will analyze past vaccination methods used in ovarian cancer, and we will provide different suggestions aiming to improve their efficacy in future trials.

Indexed as

cancer vaccinesdendritic cell vaccinationovarian cancer

Identifiers

PMID28536377
PMCPMC5344251
OpenAlexW2345394027

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