Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28755541›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in immunology2017

Vaccines targeting helper T cells for cancer immunotherapy.

Marit Melssen, Craig L Slingluff

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In one paragraph

Review in Current opinion in immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 121 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
121citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

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

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61 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.

Marit MelssenUniversity of Virginia, Department of Surgery and University of Virginia Cancer Center, PO Box 800709, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Craig L SlingluffUniversity of Virginia, Department of Surgery and University of Virginia Cancer Center, PO Box 800709, Charlottesville, VA, USA. Electronic address: cls8h@virginia.edu.

Funding

Women's Oncology Program - WONP30CA044579 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI Thomas P. Loughran · 1987 to 2026
$72.1M
MELANOMA VACCINE FOR HELPER T CELLS COMBINED WITH TARGETED OR IMMUNE THERAPIESR01CA178846 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI SLINGLUFF, CRAIG LEE · 2015 to 2017
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA044579NCI NIH HHS R01 CA178846
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There are compelling arguments for designing cancer vaccines specifically to induce CD4

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesCD4 AntigensCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveNeoplasmsT-Lymphocytes, Helper-InducerVaccines, SubunitAntigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesCD4 AntigensVaccines, Subunit

Identifiers

PMID28755541
PMCPMC5757837

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