Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29094609›Full record

ReviewFuture oncology (London, England)2018

Pembrolizumab for treatment of advanced gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

Smita S Joshi, Steven B Maron, Daniel V Catenacci

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Review in Future oncology (London, England), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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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

45 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Paradoxical effects of adiposity and inflammation on immunotherapy efficacy in gastric cancer: novel insights from real-world data.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2025
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  5. The PD-1/PD-L1 pathway and Epstein-Barr virus.European journal of medical research · 2025
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  15. The present and future of immunocytokines for cancer treatment.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Smita S JoshiSection of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Steven B MaronSection of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Daniel V CatenacciThe University of Chicago Medical Center & Biological Sciences, 900 East 57th Street, KCBD Building, Office 7128, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.

Funding

PANGEA: Personalized Antibodies for GastroEsophageal Adenocarcinoma Pilot TrialK23CA178203 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI CATENACCI, DANIEL · 2014 to 2016
$507k
NCI NIH HHS K23 CA178203
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pembrolizumab is a monoclonal antibody directed against PD-1 that is US FDA approved for treatment of advanced PD-L1 positive gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma in patients who have progressed on at least two prior lines of chemotherapy. This article summarizes the clinical evidence regarding safety, tolerability and efficacy of pembrolizumab in this setting. In addition, this article describes the investigational use of pembrolizumab as first- and second-line therapy and in combination with other treatments. Finally, this review compares other checkpoint inhibitors to pembrolizumab for the treatment of this disease, and explores predictive biomarkers of response to PD-1 blockade.

Indexed as

Esophagogastric JunctionMolecular Targeted TherapyAdenocarcinomaAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkers, TumorClinical Trials as TopicEsophageal NeoplasmsHumansNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm StagingProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorRetreatmentStomach NeoplasmsTreatment OutcomeAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalBiomarkers, TumorpembrolizumabProgrammed Cell Death 1 Receptoresophageal canceresophagogastric cancergastric cancergastroesophageal cancerimmune checkpoint blockadeimmunotherapyMK-3475PD-1PD-L1pembrolizumab

Identifiers

PMID29094609
PMCPMC5827797

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