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ReviewOncology letters2020

Immune checkpoint inhibitor combination therapy for gastric cancer: Research progress.

Xiaoxu Song, Weiwei Qi, Jing Guo, Libin Sun, Aiping Ding, Guanghui Zhao, Hui Li, Wensheng Qiu, Jing Lv

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Review in Oncology letters, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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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

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

9 authors.

Xiaoxu SongDepartment of Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China.
Weiwei QiDepartment of Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China.
Jing GuoDepartment of Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China.
Libin SunDepartment of Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China.
Aiping DingDepartment of Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China.
Guanghui ZhaoDepartment of Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China.
Hui LiDepartment of Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China.
Wensheng QiuDepartment of Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China.
Jing LvDepartment of Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266000, P.R. China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastric cancer is one of the most common types of cancer; notably, gastric cancer is one of the top five malignancies with regards to incidence and mortality rates. The symptoms of early gastric cancer are not typical, exhibiting only slight upper abdominal discomfort. When the symptoms become more obvious, the lesion has usually progressed to an advanced stage. Notably, >90% of inpatients already have locally advanced or metastatic gastric cancer at the time of initial diagnosis, with limited treatment options for advanced gastric cancer. These options include chemotherapy, targeted therapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). With regards to ICIs, the clinical benefit of monotherapy for advanced gastric cancer is limited; however, combinations of ICIs and other therapies may have clinical benefit. Relevant clinical studies have demonstrated that combinations of ICIs with chemotherapy, anti-vascular targeted therapy or other molecular targeted therapies, and the use of two ICIs, improve outcomes for patients with advanced gastric cancer. This article is a review of progress in the use of ICIs in combination with other therapies for the treatment of gastric cancer. The purpose of this article was to advance gastric cancer immunotherapy and to improve the overall therapeutic benefit for patients with advanced gastric cancer.

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cancercombination therapygastric cancerICIsimmunotherapyresearch progress

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PMID32802168
PMCPMC7412728

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