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ReviewJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2020

Biomarkers for immunotherapy for treatment of glioblastoma.

John P Lynes, Anthony K Nwankwo, Hannah P Sur, Victoria E Sanchez, Kwadwo A Sarpong, Oluwatobi I Ariyo, Gifty A Dominah, Edjah K Nduom

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

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46citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  15. A Synopsis of Biomarkers in Glioblastoma: Past and Present.Current issues in molecular biology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

John P Lynes *National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Anthony K Nwankwo *National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Hannah P SurNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Victoria E SanchezNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Kwadwo A SarpongNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Oluwatobi I AriyoNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Gifty A DominahNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Edjah K NduomNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA edjah.nduom@nih.gov.

Funding

Molecular Pathogenesis of NeoplasiaZIANS003052 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI HEISS, JOHN · 2009 to 2025
$20.7M
Clinical and Translational Investigations of Immune Suppression and Immune Modulation in GlioblastomaZIANS009418 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI NDUOM, EDJAH · 2020 to 2024
$2.2M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy is a promising new therapeutic field that has demonstrated significant benefits in many solid-tumor malignancies, such as metastatic melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer. However, only a subset of these patients responds to treatment. Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common malignant primary brain tumor with a poor prognosis of 14.6 months and few treatment advancements over the last 10 years. There are many clinical trials testing immune therapies in GBM, but patient responses in these studies have been highly variable and a definitive benefit has yet to be identified. Biomarkers are used to quantify normal physiology and physiological response to therapies. When extensively characterized and vigorously validated, they have the potential to delineate responders from non-responders for patients treated with immunotherapy in malignancies outside of the central nervous system (CNS) as well as GBM. Due to the challenges of current modalities of radiographic diagnosis and disease monitoring, identification of new predictive and prognostic biomarkers to gauge response to immune therapy for patients with GBM will be critical in the precise treatment of this highly heterogenous disease. This review will explore the current and future strategies for the identification of potential biomarkers in the field of immunotherapy for GBM, as well as highlight major challenges of adapting immune therapy for CNS malignancies.

Indexed as

BiomarkersBrain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaHumansImmunotherapyBiomarkersneuroimmunologyneuropathyneurosurgerytissue typingtumors

Identifiers

PMID32474411
PMCPMC7264836

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