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ArticleClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2019

Role of Tumor-Associated Macrophages in the Clinical Course of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors (PanNETs).

Lei Cai, Theodoros Michelakos, Vikram Deshpande, Kshitij S Arora, Teppei Yamada, David T Ting, Marty S Taylor, Carlos Fernandez-Del Castillo, Andrew L Warshaw, Keith D Lillemoe and 2 more

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Article in Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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51citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
8.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lei Cai *Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Theodoros Michelakos *Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Vikram DeshpandeDepartment of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Kshitij S AroraDepartment of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Teppei YamadaDepartment of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
David T TingCancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-3261-2322
Marty S TaylorDepartment of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0001-5824-142X
Carlos Fernandez-Del CastilloDepartment of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Andrew L WarshawDepartment of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0001-7788-3110
Keith D LillemoeDepartment of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Soldano FerroneDepartment of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0003-2900-8834
Cristina R FerroneDepartment of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. cferrone@mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2900-8834
Massachusetts General Hospital · USArmy Medical University · CN

Funding

MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY AND TUMOR BIOLOGYT32CA009216 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI David Michael Langenau · 1985 to 2026
$10.6M
Grp94 targeted therapy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaR21CA164756 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI FERRONE, CRISTINA R., FERRONE, SOLDANO · 2013 to 2014
$409k
IL-15 TRiKES-based specific immunotherapy of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaR03CA231766 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI FERRONE, CRISTINA R., FERRONE, SOLDANO · 2018 to 2019
$177k
NCI NIH HHS R03 CA231766NCI NIH HHS R21 CA164756NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009216
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study evaluated the potential role of immune cells and molecules in the pathogenesis and clinical course of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNET). EXPERIMENTAL

designSurgically resected PanNETs (

resultsThe median age of the 57 WHO grade 1 and 47 WHO grade 2 patients was 55 years. High intratumoral CD8

conclusionsTAM infiltration appears to be the most informative prognostic biomarker in PanNET. It may represent a useful immunotherapeutic target in patients with PanNET.

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BiomarkersFemaleGene ExpressionHLA AntigensHumansImmunohistochemistryKaplan-Meier EstimateLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMacrophagesMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm GradingNeoplasm StagingNeuroendocrine TumorsPancreatic NeoplasmsPhosphorylationBiomarkersHLA Antigens

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PMID30670493
PMCPMC6582654
OpenAlexW2915008682

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