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ArticleCancer discovery2017

Immune Escape in Breast Cancer During

Carlos R Gil Del Alcazar, Sung Jin Huh, Muhammad B Ekram, Anne Trinh, Lin L Liu, Francisco Beca, Xiaoyuan Zi, Minsuk Kwak, Helga Bergholtz, Ying Su and 20 more

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Article in Cancer discovery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 181 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
181citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
9.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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

181 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 239 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. CTLA-4 Expression and Its Clinical Significance in Breast Cancer.Archivum immunologiae et therapiae experimentalis · 2021
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  14. Evaluation of targeted and immune combination therapies in a rat model of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  18. Roles of Neutrophils in Autoimmune Diseases and Cancers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

30 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Carlos R Gil Del AlcazarDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Sung Jin HuhDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Muhammad B EkramDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Anne TrinhDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Lin L LiuDepartment of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Francisco BecaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Xiaoyuan ZiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Minsuk KwakDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Helga BergholtzDepartment of Cancer Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Ying SuDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Lina DingDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Hege G RussnesDepartment of Cancer Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Andrea L RichardsonDepartment of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Kirsten BabskiSutter Roseville Medical Center, Roseville, California.
Elizabeth Min Hui KimSutter Roseville Medical Center, Roseville, California.
Charles H McDonnellSutter Roseville Medical Center, Roseville, California.
Jon WagnerSutter Roseville Medical Center, Roseville, California.
Ron RowberrySutter Roseville Medical Center, Roseville, California.
Gordon J FreemanDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Deborah DillonDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Therese SorlieDepartment of Cancer Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Lisa M CoussensDepartment of Cell, Developmental & Cancer Biology, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon.
Judy E GarberDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Rong FanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Kristie BobolisSutter Roseville Medical Center, Roseville, California.
D Craig AllredDepartment of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Joon JeongDepartment of Surgery, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Medical College, Seoul, Korea.
So Yeon ParkDepartment of Pathology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea.
Franziska MichorDepartment of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
Kornelia PolyakDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts. kornelia_polyak@dfci.harvard.edu.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · US

Funding

Targeting intratumor heterogeneity in breast cancerR35CA197623 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI KORNELIA POLYAK · 2015 to 2026
$12.4M
Project 3: Single Cell Measures of Intratumor Diversity for Optimal Breast Cancer TherapyU54CA193461 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI MICHOR, FRANZISKA · 2015 to 2020
$11.2M
The Role of Immune Cells in Breast Development and CancerF32CA156991 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI HUH, SUNG JIN · 2011 to 2013
$161k
NCI NIH HHS F32 CA156991NCI NIH HHS R35 CA197623NCI NIH HHS U54 CA193461
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To investigate immune escape during breast tumor progression, we analyzed the composition of leukocytes in normal breast tissues, ductal carcinoma

Indexed as

B7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Ductal, BreastCarcinoma, Intraductal, NoninfiltratingCD3 ComplexDisease ProgressionErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansLeukocyte Common AntigensT-LymphocytesTumor MicroenvironmentB7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorCD274 protein, humanCD3 ComplexErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesLeukocyte Common AntigensPTPRC protein, human

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PMID28652380
PMCPMC5628128
OpenAlexW2652151562

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