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ReviewJournal of hematology & oncology2020

Next-generation immuno-oncology agents: current momentum shifts in cancer immunotherapy.

Chongxian Pan, Hongtao Liu, Elizabeth Robins, Wenru Song, Delong Liu, Zihai Li, Lei Zheng

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of hematology & oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 145 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
145citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
13.0field-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

145 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 242 citations in OpenAlex.

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85 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chongxian PanChinese American Hematologist and Oncologist Network, New York, NY, USA.
Hongtao LiuChinese American Hematologist and Oncologist Network, New York, NY, USA.
Elizabeth RobinsPelotonia Institute for Immuno-Oncology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
Wenru SongChinese American Hematologist and Oncologist Network, New York, NY, USA.
Delong LiuChinese American Hematologist and Oncologist Network, New York, NY, USA.
Zihai LiChinese American Hematologist and Oncologist Network, New York, NY, USA.
Lei ZhengChinese American Hematologist and Oncologist Network, New York, NY, USA. lzheng6@jhmi.edu.
Association of Black Cardiologists · USThe Ohio State University · US

Funding

Molecular chaperones and immune toleranceR01AI077283 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI LI, ZIHAI · 2009 to 2021
$3.7M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI077283
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer immunotherapy has reached a critical point, now that immune checkpoint inhibitors and two CAR-T products have received market approval in treating 16 types of cancers and 1 tissue-agnostic cancer indication. Accompanying these advances, the 2018 Nobel Prize was awarded for the discovery of immune checkpoint pathways, which has led to the revolution of anti-cancer treatments. However, expanding the indications of immuno-oncology agents and overcoming treatment resistance face mounting challenges. Although combination immunotherapy is an obvious strategy to pursue, the fact that there have been more failures than successes in this effort has served as a wake-up call, placing emphasis on the importance of building a solid scientific foundation for the development of next-generation immuno-oncology (IO) agents. The 2019 China Cancer Immunotherapy Workshop was held to discuss the current challenges and opportunities in IO. At this conference, emerging concepts and strategies for IO development were proposed, focusing squarely on correcting the immunological defects in the tumor microenvironment. New targets such as Siglec-15 and new directions including neoantigens, cancer vaccines, oncolytic viruses, and cytokines were reviewed. Emerging immunotherapies were discussed in the areas of overcoming primary and secondary resistance to existing immune checkpoint inhibitors, activating effector cells, and targeting immunosuppressive mechanisms in the tumor microenvironment. In this article, we highlight old and new waves of IO therapy development, and provide perspectives on the latest momentum shifts in cancer immunotherapy.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapyNeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsCAR-TCTLA-4Immune checkpoint inhibitorNeoantigenPD-1PD-L1Tumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID32245497
PMCPMC7119170
OpenAlexW3014768524

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