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ReviewCanadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology2018

Combination Immunotherapy Approaches for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment.

Xianliang Cheng, Gang Zhao, Yunqi Zhao

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Review in Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 42 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xianliang ChengSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmacology for Natural Products, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Gang ZhaoThe First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China.
Yunqi ZhaoSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmacology for Natural Products, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5471-6125
Kunming Medical University · CNDalian Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is a lethal malignant disease with a very low medium survival. Currently, metastatic pancreatic cancer poorly responds to conventional treatments and exhibits an acute resistance to most chemotherapy. Few approaches have been shown to be effective for metastatic pancreatic cancer treatment. Novel therapeutic approaches to treat patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma are in great demand. Last decades, immunotherapies have been evaluated in clinical trials and received great success in many types of cancers. However, it has very limited success in treating pancreatic cancer. As pancreatic cancer poorly responds to many single immunotherapeutic agents, combination immunotherapy was introduced to improve efficacy. The combination therapies hold great promise for enhancing immune responses to achieve better therapeutic effects. This review summarizes the existing and potential combination immunotherapies for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityAnimalsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalCancer VaccinesCarcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalCTLA-4 AntigenHumansImmunity, InnateImmunotherapyPancreatic NeoplasmsProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorReceptors, Chimeric AntigenAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalCancer VaccinesCTLA-4 AntigenGVAX vaccinePDCD1 protein, humanProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorReceptors, Chimeric Antigen

Identifiers

PMID29707526
PMCPMC5863289
OpenAlexW2793683993

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