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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2020

Predictive Biomarkers of Immune Checkpoint Inhibition in Gastroesophageal Cancers.

Raghav Sundar, Elizabeth C Smyth, Siyu Peng, Joe P S Yeong, Patrick Tan

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
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, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Predictors of immunotherapy response in gastric cancer: the role of the tumor microenvironment and integrative predictive models.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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  2. Harnessing biomarkers to guide immunotherapy in esophageal cancer: toward precision oncology.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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  11. Clinical relevance of PD-1 positive CD8 T-cells in gastric cancer.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2023
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  20. Insertion-deletion rate is a qualitative aspect of the tumor mutation burden associated with the clinical outcomes of gastric cancer patients treated with nivolumab.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2022
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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 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Raghav SundarDepartment of Haematology-Oncology, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore.
Elizabeth C SmythDepartment of Oncology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Siyu PengUniversity Medicine Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore.
Joe P S YeongDivision of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Patrick TanCancer and Stem Cell Biology Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
National University Health System · SGCambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GBNational University Cancer Institute, Singapore · SGNational University of Singapore · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune checkpoint inhibition has transformed cancer treatment. For gastroesophageal cancer, this class of drugs have demonstrated durable responses and survival benefit in a subgroup of patients, resulting in regulatory approval. However, several recent randomized phase III studies in gastroesophageal cancer have reported negative results, blunting initial enthusiasm. Identification and validation of predictive biomarkers with appropriate patient selection for benefit from immunotherapy is an area of intense research with novel concepts rapidly emerging. In this review we describe the latest immune checkpoint inhibitor trials which have been reported in gastroesophageal cancers with a focus on predictive biomarkers. We also explore novel biomarkers being developed to improve precision oncology for immunotherapy in gastroesophageal cancers.

Indexed as

biomarkeresophageal cancergastric cancergastroesophageal cancerimmune checkpoint inhibitionimmunotherapyprecision oncologypredictive biomarker

Identifiers

PMID32500029
PMCPMC7243739
OpenAlexW3025871720

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