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ReviewCancers2020

Immunotherapy in Bladder Cancer: Current Methods and Future Perspectives.

Mikołaj Wołącewicz, Rafał Hrynkiewicz, Ewelina Grywalska, Tomasz Suchojad, Tomasz Leksowski, Jacek Roliński, Paulina Niedźwiedzka-Rystwej

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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. It is linked to trial NCT05700344 (Multicentric, Observational Study to Evaluate Real World Data of Avelumab in First Line Maintenance Therapy for Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma, a SOGUG Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 82 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
82citing papers in PubMed
25.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT05700344 completednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Multicentric, Observational Study to Evaluate Real World Data of Avelumab in First Line Maintenance Therapy for Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma, a SOGUG Study

TypeobservationalSponsorSpanish Oncology Genito-Urinary GroupRan2022 to 2023Enrolled125ConditionsMetastatic Urothelial CarcinomaArmsAvelumab
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

82 citing papers in PubMed, 170 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Real-world data on avelumab in first-line maintenance therapy for advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma: the SOGUG-AVELUMAB RWD study.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  18. Bladder (San Francisco, Calif.) · 2025
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22 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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mikołaj WołącewiczInstitute of Biology, University of Szczecin, 71-412 Szczecin, Poland.
Rafał HrynkiewiczInstitute of Biology, University of Szczecin, 71-412 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0688-6928
Ewelina GrywalskaDepartment of Clinical Immunology and Immunotherapy, Medical University of Lublin, 20-093 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0451-4741
Tomasz SuchojadDepartment of Urology, Regional Specialist Hospital, 26-060 Czerwona Góra, Poland.
Tomasz LeksowskiDepartment of Urology, Regional Specialist Hospital, 26-060 Czerwona Góra, Poland.
Jacek RolińskiDepartment of Clinical Immunology and Immunotherapy, Medical University of Lublin, 20-093 Lublin, Poland.
Paulina Niedźwiedzka-RystwejInstitute of Biology, University of Szczecin, 71-412 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-4065-3842
University of Szczecin · PLMedical University of Lublin · PLUniversity of Zielona Góra · PL

Funding

Medical University of Lublin DS460Narodowe Centrum Nauki UMO-2016/21/B/NZ6/02279
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bladder cancer is one of the most significant genitourinary cancer, causing high morbidity and mortality in a great number of patients. Over the years, various treatment methods for this type of cancer have been developed. The most common is the highly efficient method using Bacillus Calmette-Guerin, giving a successful effect in a high percentage of patients. However, due to the genetic instability of bladder cancer, together with individual needs of patients, the search for different therapy methods is ongoing. Immune checkpoints are cell surface molecules influencing the immune response and decreasing the strength of the immune response. Among those checkpoints, the PD-1 (programmed cell death protein-1)/PD-L1 (programmed cell death protein ligand 1) inhibitors aim at blocking those molecules, which results in T cell activation, and in bladder cancer the use of Atezolizumab, Avelumab, Durvalumab, Nivolumab, and Pembrolizumab has been described. The inhibition of another pivotal immune checkpoint, CTLA-4 (cytotoxic T cell antigen), may result in the mobilization of the immune system against bladder cancer and, among anti-CTLA-4 antibodies, the use of Ipilimumab and Tremelimumab has been discussed. Moreover, several different approaches to successful bladder cancer treatment exists, such as the use of ganciclovir and mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) kinase inhibitors, IL-12 (interleukin-12) and COX-2 (cyclooxygenase-2). The use of gene therapies and the disruption of different signaling pathways are currently being investigated. Research suggests that the combination of several methods increases treatment efficiency and the positive outcome in individual.

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bladder cancercheckpoint inhibitorimmunotherapy

Identifiers

PMID32392774
PMCPMC7281703
OpenAlexW3023397567

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