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ArticleNature2020

B cells are associated with survival and immunotherapy response in sarcoma.

Florent Petitprez, Aurélien de Reyniès, Emily Z Keung, Tom Wei-Wu Chen, Cheng-Ming Sun, Julien Calderaro, Yung-Ming Jeng, Li-Ping Hsiao, Laetitia Lacroix, Antoine Bougoüin and 19 more

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Article in Nature, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1,268 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1,268citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
159.9field-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

1,268 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,848 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

29 authors at 15 institutions in 3 countries.

Florent PetitprezTeam Cancer, Immune Control and Escape, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, INSERM, Paris, France.
Aurélien de Reyniès *Programme Cartes d'Identité des Tumeurs, Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Paris, France.
Emily Z Keung *Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Tom Wei-Wu ChenGraduate Institute of Oncology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Cheng-Ming SunTeam Cancer, Immune Control and Escape, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, INSERM, Paris, France.
Julien CalderaroTeam Cancer, Immune Control and Escape, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, INSERM, Paris, France.
Yung-Ming JengCenters of Genomic and Precision Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Li-Ping HsiaoDepartment of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Laetitia LacroixTeam Cancer, Immune Control and Escape, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, INSERM, Paris, France.
Antoine BougoüinTeam Cancer, Immune Control and Escape, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, INSERM, Paris, France.
Marco MoreiraTeam Cancer, Immune Control and Escape, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, INSERM, Paris, France.
Guillaume LacroixTeam Cancer, Immune Control and Escape, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, INSERM, Paris, France.
Ivo NatarioTeam Cancer, Immune Control and Escape, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, INSERM, Paris, France.
Julien AdamDepartment of Biology and Pathology, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.
Carlo LucchesiInstitut Bergonié, Bordeaux, France.
Yec Han LaizetInstitut Bergonié, Bordeaux, France.
Maud ToulmondeInstitut Bergonié, Bordeaux, France.
Melissa A BurgessDepartment of Medicine, Divison of Hematology/Oncology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Vanessa BolejackCancer Research and Biostatistics, Seattle, WA, USA.
Denise ReinkeSarcoma Alliance for Research Through Collaboration, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Khalid M WaniDepartment of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Wei-Lien WangDepartment of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Alexander J LazarDepartment of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Christina L RolandDepartment of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Jennifer A WargoDepartment of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Antoine ItalianoInstitut Bergonié, Bordeaux, France.
Catherine Sautès-FridmanTeam Cancer, Immune Control and Escape, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, INSERM, Paris, France.
Hussein A TawbiDepartment of Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. htawbi@mdanderson.org.
Wolf H FridmanTeam Cancer, Immune Control and Escape, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, INSERM, Paris, France. herve.fridman@crc.jussieu.fr.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USCentre de Recherche des Cordeliers · FRInstitut Bergonié · FRNational Taiwan University Hospital · TWSorbonne Paris Cité · FRSorbonne Université · FRUniversité Paris Cité · FRAssistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris · FRCancer Research And Biostatistics · USInstitut Gustave Roussy · FRLa Ligue Contre le Cancer · FRNational Taiwan University · TWSarcoma Alliance for Research through Collaboration · USUniversité de Bordeaux · FRUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Scott Kopetz · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
TRAINING OF ACADEMIC SURGICAL ONCOLOGISTST32CA009599 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Ashley M Holder, Jennifer A. Wargo · 1988 to 2026
$13.2M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009599
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soft-tissue sarcomas represent a heterogeneous group of cancer, with more than 50 histological subtypes

Indexed as

ImmunotherapyAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedB-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCohort StudiesDendritic Cells, FollicularHumansMutationPhenotypePrognosisProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorReproducibility of ResultsSarcomaSurvival RateTertiary Lymphoid StructuresTumor MicroenvironmentAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedPDCD1 protein, humanpembrolizumabProgrammed Cell Death 1 Receptor

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PMID31942077
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