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ReviewCancers2020

Recent Advances in Immunotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Shigeharu Nakano, Yuji Eso, Hirokazu Okada, Atsushi Takai, Ken Takahashi, Hiroshi Seno

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
54citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.7field-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

54 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 133 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. New Therapeutics for HCC: Does Tumor Immune Microenvironment Matter?International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shigeharu NakanoDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8601, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1008-459X
Yuji EsoDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8601, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4426-1491
Hirokazu OkadaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8601, Japan.
Atsushi TakaiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8601, Japan.
Ken TakahashiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8601, Japan.
Hiroshi SenoDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8601, Japan.
Kyoto University · JP

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 17K09421
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death since most patients are diagnosed at advanced stage and the current systemic treatment options using molecular-targeted drugs remain unsatisfactory. However, the recent success of cancer immunotherapies has revolutionized the landscape of cancer therapy. Since HCC is characterized by metachronous multicentric occurrence, immunotherapies that induce systemic and durable responses could be an appealing treatment option. Despite the suppressive milieu of the liver and tumor immunosurveillance escape mechanisms, clinical studies of checkpoint inhibitors in patients with advanced HCC have yielded promising results. Here, we provide an update on recent advances in HCC immunotherapies. First, we describe the unique tolerogenic properties of hepatic immunity and its interaction with HCC and then review the status of already or nearly available immune checkpoint blockade-based therapies as well as other immunotherapy strategies at the preclinical or clinical trial stage.

Indexed as

combination therapyCTLA-4hepatocellular carcinomaimmune checkpoint inhibitorimmunotherapyPD-1

Identifiers

PMID32218257
PMCPMC7226090
OpenAlexW3013486203

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