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ReviewJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2020

Overcoming resistance to anti-PD1 and anti-PD-L1 treatment in gastrointestinal malignancies.

Alberto Puccini, Francesca Battaglin, Maria Laura Iaia, Heinz-Josef Lenz, Mohamed E Salem

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Review in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Reactivation of low avidity tumor-specific CD8Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2023
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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 2 countries.

Alberto Puccini *University of Genoa, Medical Oncology Unit 1, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino IRCCS, Genova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2492-4043
Francesca Battaglin *Division of Medical Oncology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Maria Laura IaiaUniversity of Genoa, Medical Oncology Unit 1, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino IRCCS, Genova, Italy.
Heinz-Josef LenzDivision of Medical Oncology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Mohamed E SalemDepartment of Medical Oncology, Levine Cancer Institute, Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Mohamed.Salem@atriumhealth.org.
University of Southern California · USLevine Cancer Institute · USOspedale Policlinico San Martino · IT

Funding

USC/NORRIS COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER (CORE) SUPPORTP30CA014089 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI MYLES G COCKBURN · 1985 to 2026
$181.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014089
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the last few years, the unprecedented results of immune checkpoint inhibitors have led to a paradigm shift in clinical practice for the treatment of several cancer types. However, the vast majority of patients with gastrointestinal cancer do not benefit from immunotherapy. To date, microsatellite instability high and DNA mismatch repair deficiency are the only robust predictive biomarkers of response to immune checkpoint inhibitors. Unfortunately, these patients comprise only 5%-10% of all gastrointestinal cancers. Several mechanisms of both innate and adaptive resistance to immunotherapy have been recognized that may be at least in part responsible for the failure of immune checkpoint inhibitors in this population of patients. In the first part of this review article, we provide an overview of the main clinical trials with immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with gastrointestinal cancer and the role of predictive biomarkers. In the second part, we discuss the actual body of knowledge in terms of mechanisms of resistance to immunotherapy and the most promising approach that are currently under investigation in order to expand the population of patients with gastrointestinal cancer who could benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Indexed as

Antibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedDrug ResistanceGastrointestinal NeoplasmsHumansImmunotherapyAntibodies, Monoclonal, Humanizedgastrointestinal neoplasmsimmunotherapytumours

Identifiers

PMID32393474
PMCPMC7223273
OpenAlexW3023674145

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