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ReviewJournal of the American Academy of Dermatology2020

Dermatologic toxicities to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy: A review of histopathologic features.

Samantha R Ellis, Aren T Vierra, Jillian W Millsop, Mario E Lacouture, Maija Kiuru

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
84citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

84 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 161 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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Samantha R EllisDepartment of Dermatology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California; PotozkinMD Skincare Center, Danville, California.
Aren T VierraDepartment of Dermatology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California.
Jillian W MillsopDepartment of Dermatology, Vacaville Medical Center, The Permanente Medical Group, Vacaville, California.
Mario E LacoutureDermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Maija KiuruDepartment of Dermatology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California. Electronic address: mkiuru@ucdavis.edu.
University of California, Davis · USKaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center · USMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
SEAL (Stopping Atopic dermatitis and ALlergy) Study: Prevent allergy by enhancing the skin barrierU01AI147462 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Mary Johnson, GIDEON LACK · 2020 to 2026
$14.0M
Identification of pathways to mitigate Immune-Related Adverse Events with Cancer Immunotherapy U01AR077511 · NIAMS · NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH · PI KERN, JEFFREY A, LACOUTURE, MARIO · 2020 to 2024
$3.1M
Molecular basis of melanocytic neviK23AR074530 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI KIURU, MAIJA HELENA TUULIA · 2019 to 2023
$840k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI147462NIAMS NIH HHS K23 AR074530NIAMS NIH HHS U01 AR077511
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antineoplastic agents that use the immune system have revolutionized cancer treatment. Specifically, implementation of immune checkpoint inhibitors, monoclonal antibodies that block cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4, programmed cell death protein 1, or programmed cell death ligand 1 show improved and sustained responses in patients with cancer. However, these agents are associated with a plethora of adverse events, many manifesting in the skin. As the clinical application of cancer immunotherapies expands, understanding the clinical and histopathologic features of associated cutaneous toxicities becomes increasingly important to dermatologists, oncologists, and pathologists to ensure timely diagnosis and appropriate care. This review discusses cutaneous reactions to immune checkpoint inhibitors, focusing on histopathologic features.

Indexed as

AcantholysisAlopeciaDrug EruptionsHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsKeratinocytesLichenoid EruptionsNevus, PigmentedPanniculitisPemphigoid, BullousPruritusPsoriasisStevens-Johnson SyndromeVitiligoImmune Checkpoint Inhibitorsadverse eventatezolizumabavelumabbullous pemphigoidcheckpoint inhibitorCTLA-4cutaneousdurvalumabimmunotherapyipilimumablichenoid dermatitisnivolumabPD1PD-L1pembrolizumabrashskintoxicity

Identifiers

PMID32360716
PMCPMC7492441
OpenAlexW3022703997

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