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ReviewSeminars in cancer biology2018

Emerging biomarkers for cancer immunotherapy in melanoma.

Margaret L Axelrod, Douglas B Johnson, Justin M Balko

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Review in Seminars in cancer biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Margaret L AxelrodDepartment of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States; Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States.
Douglas B JohnsonDepartment of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States. Electronic address: douglas.b.johnson@vanderbilt.edu.
Justin M BalkoDepartment of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States; Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States; Breast Cancer Research Program, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States. Electronic address: justin.balko@vanderbilt.edu.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · US

Funding

Vanderbilt Clinical Oncology Research Career Development ProgramK12CA090625 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Debra L. Friedman, Paula Jill Hurley · 2001 to 2026
$16.9M
Novel mechanisms and predictors of VEGF receptor inhibitor-associated hypertensionR01HL141466 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI MOSLEHI, JAVID J · 2019 to 2023
$3.3M
Long-Term Cardiovascular Sequelae of Cancer ImmunotherapiesR01HL155990 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI JOHNSON, DOUGLAS B, MOSLEHI, JAVID J · 2021 to 2025
$3.3M
Predicting and profiling long-term survival after immune checkpoint inhibitionK23CA204726 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI JOHNSON, DOUGLAS B · 2016 to 2020
$756k
NCI NIH HHS K12 CA090625NCI NIH HHS K23 CA204726NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL141466NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL155990
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The treatment and prognosis of metastatic melanoma has changed substantially since the advent of novel immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI), agents that enhance the anti-tumor immune response. Despite the success of these agents, clinically actionable biomarkers to aid patient and regimen selection are lacking. Herein, we summarize and review the evidence for candidate biomarkers of response to ICIs in melanoma. Many of these candidates can be examined as parts of a known molecular pathway of immune response, while others are clinical in nature. Due to the ability of ICIs to illicit dramatic and durable responses, well-validated biomarkers that can be effectively implemented in the clinic will require strong negative predictive values that do not limit patients with who may benefit from ICI therapy.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalBiomarkers, TumorHumansImmunotherapyMelanomaTumor MicroenvironmentAntibodies, MonoclonalBiomarkers, TumorBiomarkerCheckpoint inhibitorCTLA-4MelanomaPD-1

Identifiers

PMID28917578
PMCPMC5851807
OpenAlexW2754127264

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