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ReviewCancers2019

Immunological Backbone of Uveal Melanoma: Is There a Rationale for Immunotherapy?

Ernesto Rossi, Giovanni Schinzari, Ilaria Grazia Zizzari, Brigida Anna Maiorano, Monica Maria Pagliara, Maria Grazia Sammarco, Vincenzo Fiorentino, Gianluigi Petrone, Alessandra Cassano, Guido Rindi and 4 more

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Review in Cancers, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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38citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

38 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. The multiple roles of autophagy in uveal melanoma and the microenvironment.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2024
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  3. The Diagnostic and Prognostic Role of CombinedInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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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

14 authors.

Ernesto RossiMedical Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario, A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy. ernesto.rossi@policlinicogemelli.it.ORCID 0000-0002-6442-1707
Giovanni SchinzariMedical Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario, A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Ilaria Grazia ZizzariLaboratory of Tumor Immunology and Cell Therapy, Department of Experimental Medicine, Policlinico Umberto I, "Sapienza" University, 00162 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8263-7248
Brigida Anna MaioranoMedical Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario, A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Monica Maria PagliaraOphtalmology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario, A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Maria Grazia SammarcoOphtalmology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario, A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Vincenzo FiorentinoPathology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario, A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1132-1761
Gianluigi PetronePathology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario, A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Alessandra CassanoMedical Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario, A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Guido RindiPathology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario, A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2996-4404
Emilio BriaMedical Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario, A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Maria Antonietta BlasiOphtalmology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario, A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Marianna NutiLaboratory of Tumor Immunology and Cell Therapy, Department of Experimental Medicine, Policlinico Umberto I, "Sapienza" University, 00162 Rome, Italy.
Giampaolo TortoraMedical Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario, A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

No standard treatment has been established for metastatic uveal melanoma (mUM). Immunotherapy is commonly used for this disease even though UM has not been included in phase III clinical trials with checkpoint inhibitors. Unfortunately, only a minority of patients obtain a clinical benefit with immunotherapy. The immunological features of mUM were reviewed in order to understand if immunotherapy could still play a role for this disease.

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checkpoint inhibitorsIDOimmunotherapyipilimumabnivolumabPD-L1pembrolizumabuveal melanoma

Identifiers

PMID31357439
PMCPMC6721347

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