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ReviewJournal of the American Academy of Dermatology2020

Immune checkpoint inhibitors to treat cutaneous malignancies.

Dulce M Barrios, Mytrang H Do, Gregory S Phillips, Michael A Postow, Tomoko Akaike, Paul Nghiem, Mario E Lacouture

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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 50 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
50citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

50 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Emerging immunologic approaches as cancer anti-angiogenic therapies.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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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

7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Dulce M BarriosDermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Mytrang H DoDermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.
Gregory S PhillipsState University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York.
Michael A PostowWeill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York; Melanoma Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Tomoko AkaikeDivision of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
Paul NghiemDivision of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
Mario E LacoutureDermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York. Electronic address: lacoutum@mskcc.org.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USUniversity of Washington · USCornell University · USState University of New York · USWeill Cornell Medicine · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Understand & overcome resistance to PD-1P01CA225517 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI PAUL NGHIEM · 2019 to 2026
$22.7M
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
Interdisciplinary Tranining in Cancer ResearchT32CA080416 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI STODDARD, BARRY L. · 1998 to 2023
$9.7M
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
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA225517NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS T32 CA080416NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI147462NIAMS NIH HHS U01 AR077511
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the incidence of cutaneous malignancies continues to rise and their treatment with immunotherapy expands, dermatologists and their patients are more likely to encounter immune checkpoint inhibitors. While the blockade of immune checkpoint target proteins (cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein-4, programmed cell death-1, and programmed cell death ligand-1) generates an antitumor response in a substantial fraction of patients, there is a critical need for reliable predictive biomarkers and approaches to address refractory disease. The first article of this Continuing Medical Education series reviews the indications, efficacy, safety profile, and evidence supporting checkpoint inhibition as therapeutics for metastatic melanoma, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, and Merkel cell carcinoma. Pivotal studies resulting in the approval of ipilimumab, pembrolizumab, nivolumab, cemiplimab, and avelumab by regulatory agencies for various cutaneous malignancies, as well as ongoing clinical research trials, are discussed.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Merkel CellCarcinoma, Squamous CellHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsMelanomaSkin NeoplasmsImmune Checkpoint Inhibitorsbasal cell carcinomacheckpoint inhibitorCTLA-4 inhibitorcutaneous lymphomascutaneous malignanciescutaneous squamous cell carcinomaimmunotherapyKaposi sarcomamelanomaMerkel cell carcinomaPD-1 inhibitorPD-L1 inhibitorskin cancer

Identifiers

PMID32461079
PMCPMC7572574
OpenAlexW3026582856

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