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ReviewInternational reviews of immunology2017

Focused ultrasound for immuno-adjuvant treatment of pancreatic cancer: An emerging clinical paradigm in the era of personalized oncotherapy.

Ezekiel Maloney, Tanya Khokhlova, Venu G Pillarisetty, George R Schade, Elizabeth A Repasky, Yak-Nam Wang, Lorenzo Giuliani, Matteo Primavera, Joo Ha Hwang

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Review in International reviews of immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Overview of Therapeutic Ultrasound Applications and Safety Considerations: 2024 Update.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2025
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  9. Deployable ultrasound applicators for endoluminal delivery of volumetric hyperthermia.International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group · 2021
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  11. Nanoparticle-assisted ultrasound: A special focus on sonodynamic therapy against cancer.Chemical engineering journal (Lausanne, Switzerland : 1996) · 2018
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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

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Ezekiel Maloneya Department of Radiology , University of Washington , Seattle WA , USA.
Tanya Khokhlovab Department of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology , University of Washington , Seattle WA , USA.
Venu G Pillarisettyc Department of Surgery , University of Washington , Seattle WA , USA.
George R Schaded Department of Urology , University of Washington , Seattle WA , USA.
Elizabeth A Repaskye Department of Immunology , Roswell Park Cancer Institute , Buffalo NY , USA.
Yak-Nam Wangf Applied Physics Laboratory , University of Washington , Seattle WA , USA.
Lorenzo Giulianig School of Medicine , The Sapienza University of Rome , Rome , Italy.
Matteo Primaverah School of Medicine , The Sapienza University of Rome , Rome , Italy.
Joo Ha Hwangi Department of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology , University of Washington , Seattle WA , USA.
University of Washington · USSapienza University of Rome · ITRoswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center · USUniversity of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory · US

Funding

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON GI TRAINING GRANTT32DK007742 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI GRADY, WILLIAM MALLORY · 1996 to 2022
$4.7M
Ultrasound enhanced penetration for treatment of pancreatic cancerR01CA154451 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI HWANG, JOO HA · 2011 to 2021
$4.3M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA154451NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007742
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current clinical treatment regimens, including many emergent immune strategies (e.g., checkpoint inhibitors) have done little to affect the devastating course of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA). Clinical trials for PDA often employ multi-modal treatment, and have started to incorporate stromal-targeted therapies, which have shown promising results in early reports. Focused ultrasound (FUS) is one such therapy that is uniquely equipped to address local and systemic limitations of conventional cancer therapies as well as emergent immune therapies for PDA. FUS methods can non-invasively generate mechanical and/or thermal effects that capitalize on the unique oncogenomic/proteomic signature of a tumor. Potential benefits of FUS therapy for PDA include: (1) emulsification of targeted tumor into undenatured antigens in situ, increasing dendritic cell maturation, and increasing intra-tumoral CD8

Indexed as

Ultrasonic TherapyAdjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsCarcinoma, DuctalCell DifferentiationCytotoxicity, ImmunologicHumansImmunizationImmunotherapyLymphocyte ActivationPancreatic NeoplasmsPrecision MedicineAdjuvants, ImmunologicCancerimmunepancreatictherapyultrasound

Identifiers

PMID28961038
PMCPMC6224292
OpenAlexW2758405107

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