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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2018

Immunotherapy for Gastric Cancer: Time for a Personalized Approach?

Riccardo Dolcetti, Valli De Re, Vincenzo Canzonieri

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

37 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Efficacy of ChemoimmunotherapyCurrent medicinal chemistry · 2024
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  3. Infiltrating and peripheral immune cell analysis in advanced gastric cancer according to the Lauren classification and its prognostic significance.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2020
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  9. Immunotherapy for advanced gastric cancer.World journal of methodology · 2023
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  13. Combating challenges in CAR-T cells with engineering immunology.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022
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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 2 countries.

Riccardo DolcettiUniversity of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, 37 Kent Str, Woolloongabba, 4102 QLD, Australia. r.dolcetti@uq.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0003-1625-9853
Valli De ReImmunopathology and Tumor Biomarkers Unit/Bio-proteomics Facility, Department of Translational Research and Advanced Tumor Diagnostics CRO National Cancer Institute, 33081 Aviano, Italy. vdere@cro.it.ORCID 0000-0001-6100-9373
Vincenzo CanzonieriPathology Department of Translational Research and Advanced Tumor Diagnostics, CRO National Cancer Institute, 33081 Aviano, Italy. vcanzonieri@cro.it.ORCID 0000-0001-6010-0976
Centro di Riferimento Oncologico · ITTranslational Research Institute · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the last decade, our understanding of the mechanisms underlying immune modulation has greatly improved, allowing for the development of multiple therapeutic approaches that are revolutionizing the treatment of cancer. Immunotherapy for gastric cancer (GC) is still in the early phases but is rapidly evolving. Recently, multi-platform molecular analyses of GC have proposed a new classification of this heterogeneous group of tumors, highlighting subset-specific features that may more reliably inform therapeutic choices, including the use of new immunotherapeutic drugs. The clinical benefit and improved survival observed in GC patients treated with immunotherapeutic strategies and their combination with conventional therapies highlighted the importance of the immune environment surrounding the tumor. A thorough investigation of the tumor microenvironment and the complex and dynamic interaction between immune cells and tumor cells is a fundamental requirement for the rational design of novel and more effective immunotherapeutic approaches. This review summarizes the pre-clinical and clinical results obtained so far with immunomodulatory and immunotherapeutic treatments for GC and discusses the novel combination strategies that are being investigated to improve the personalization and efficacy of GC immunotherapy.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansImmunotherapyPrecision MedicineStomach NeoplasmsTumor Microenvironmentadoptive immunotherapycancer vaccinechimeric antigen receptorEpstein–Barr virusgastric cancerimmune checkpointimmunotherapymicrosatellite instabilitytumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID29844297
PMCPMC6032163
OpenAlexW2806670396

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