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ReviewNature reviews. Cancer2020

Brain immunology and immunotherapy in brain tumours.

John H Sampson, Michael D Gunn, Peter E Fecci, David M Ashley

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 442 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
442citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
37.2field-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

442 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 704 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

John H SampsonThe Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke, Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA. john.sampson@duke.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0104-7658
Michael D GunnDepartment of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4602-0667
Peter E FecciThe Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke, Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2912-8695
David M AshleyThe Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke, Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Duke Medical Center · USDuke University · US

Funding

Women's Cancer Research ProgramP30CA014236 · NCI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI DONNA NIEDZWIECKI · 1985 to 2026
$174.8M
Using social networks to map and evaluate team science across CTSA hubsUL1TR001427 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI MITCHELL, DUANE A. · 2015 to 2024
$37.2M
Targeted Alpha-Particle Radiotheraphy of Brain Tumors with 211At-81C6 AntibodyP50CA190991 · NCI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SAMPSON, JOHN H. · 2014 to 2023
$20.8M
Project 3: Phase-2 Trial of Oncolytic Poliovirus (PVSRIPO) combined with CCNU (lomustine) against Recurrent GlioblastomaP01CA225622 · NCI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI WEINHOLD, KENT J. · 2018 to 2022
$12.2M
Human EGFRvIII-specific BiTE for the treatment of GlioblastomaU01NS090284 · NINDS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SAMPSON, JOHN H. · 2015 to 2019
$5.2M
Efficacy of Dendritic Cell Vaccines Targeting CMV in Glioblastoma (phase 2 DC vaccine)R01CA175517 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI MITCHELL, DUANE A., SAMPSON, JOHN H. · 2015 to 2020
$3.1M
EGFRvIII-targeted Bispecific T cell Engagers for brain tumorsR01NS085412 · NINDS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SAMPSON, JOHN H. · 2013 to 2017
$2.0M
Clinical Brain Tumor Development of a Cytomegalovirus-targeted Therapeutic with Vaccine pre-conditioning to Validate Novel Predictors of Vaccine EfficacyR01CA235612 · NCI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SAMPSON, JOHN H. · 2019 to 2022
$2.0M
CCL3 as a Developmental Therapeutic to Enhance Brain Tumor TherapyR01NS099463 · NINDS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SAMPSON, JOHN H. · 2017 to 2021
$1.7M
A Novel Clinical Challenge in Brain Tumor Immunology: T cell SequestrationR01NS099096 · NINDS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI FECCI, PETER · 2017 to 2021
$1.7M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001427NCI NIH HHS P01 CA225622NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014236NCI NIH HHS P50 CA190991NCI NIH HHS R01 CA175517NCI NIH HHS R01 CA235612NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS085412NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS099096NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS099463NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS090284
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gliomas, the most common malignant primary brain tumours, remain universally lethal. Yet, seminal discoveries in the past 5 years have clarified the anatomy, genetics and function of the immune system within the central nervous system (CNS) and altered the paradigm for successful immunotherapy. The impact of standard therapies on the response to immunotherapy is now better understood, as well. This new knowledge has implications for a broad range of tumours that develop within the CNS. Nevertheless, the requirements for successful therapy remain effective delivery and target specificity, while the dramatic heterogeneity of malignant gliomas at the genetic and immunological levels remains a profound challenge.

Indexed as

ImmunityImmunotherapyAnimalsBiomarkers, TumorBlood-Brain BarrierBrainBrain NeoplasmsClinical Trials as TopicCombined Modality TherapyDisease ManagementDisease SusceptibilityHumansImmunomodulationStandard of CareTreatment OutcomeTumor MicroenvironmentBiomarkers, Tumor

Identifiers

PMID31806885
PMCPMC7327710
OpenAlexW2994525341

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