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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2018

Tissue-Dependent Tumor Microenvironments and Their Impact on Immunotherapy Responses.

Amanda J Oliver, Peter K H Lau, Ashleigh S Unsworth, Sherene Loi, Phillip K Darcy, Michael H Kershaw, Clare Y Slaney

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 106 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
106citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

106 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 174 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Amanda J OliverCancer Immunology Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Peter K H LauCancer Immunology Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Ashleigh S UnsworthCancer Immunology Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Sherene LoiCancer Immunology Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Phillip K DarcyCancer Immunology Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Michael H KershawCancer Immunology Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Clare Y SlaneyCancer Immunology Program, Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre · AUUniversity of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in cancer immunology have led to a better understanding of the role of the tumor microenvironment (TME) in tumor initiation, progression, and metastasis. Tumors can occur at many locations within the body and coevolution between malignant tumor cells and non-malignant cells sculpts the TME at these sites. It has become increasingly clear that there are specific differences of the TMEs at different anatomical locations, and these tissue-specific TMEs regulate tumor growth, determine metastatic progression, and impact on the outcome of therapy responses. Herein, we review the scientific advances in understanding tissue-specific TMEs, discuss their impact on immunotherapeutic response, and assess the current clinical knowledge in this emerging field. A deeper understanding of the tissue-specific TME will help to develop effective immunotherapies against tumors and their metastases and assist in predicting clinical outcomes.

Indexed as

ImmunotherapyAnimalsCell CommunicationHumansImmunomodulationNeoplasmsOrgan SpecificityTreatment OutcomeTumor Microenvironmentanticancer therapyimmunosuppressionimmunotherapytissue-specific microenvironmenttumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID29445373
PMCPMC5797771
OpenAlexW2792583114

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