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ReviewJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2018

Adoptive transfer of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in melanoma: a viable treatment option.

Maartje W Rohaan, Joost H van den Berg, Pia Kvistborg, John B A G Haanen

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Review in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 127 papers.

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127citing papers in PubMed
8.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

127 citing papers in PubMed, 190 citations in OpenAlex.

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67 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maartje W RohaanDepartment of Medical Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1470-9427
Joost H van den BergBiotherapeutics Unit, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Pia KvistborgDivision of Molecular Oncology and Immunology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
John B A G HaanenDepartment of Medical Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. j.haanen@nki.nl.
The Netherlands Cancer Institute · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The treatment of metastatic melanoma patients with autologous tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) shows robust, reproducible, clinical responses in clinical trials executed in several specialized centers over the world. Even in the era of targeted therapy and immune checkpoint inhibition, TIL therapy can be an additional and clinically relevant treatment line. This review provides an overview of the clinical experiences with TIL therapy thus far, including lymphodepleting regimens, the use of interleukin-2 (IL-2) and the associated toxicity. Characteristics of the TIL products and the antigen recognition pattern will be discussed, as well as the current and upcoming production strategies, including the selective expansion of specific fractions from the cell product. In addition, the future potential of TIL therapy in melanoma and other tumor types will be covered.

Indexed as

Adoptive TransferHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingAdoptive cell therapyAntigen recognitionCombination therapyImmunotherapyInterleukin-2LymphodepletionMelanomaTumor-infiltrating lymphocytes

Identifiers

PMID30285902
PMCPMC6171186
OpenAlexW2895610076

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