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ReviewJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2020

Role of immunotherapy in Ewing sarcoma.

Erin Morales, Michael Olson, Fiorella Iglesias, Saurabh Dahiya, Tim Luetkens, Djordje Atanackovic

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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 64 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
64citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

64 citing papers in PubMed, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Spatial Profiling Identifies Tumor-Associated Stroma Enrichment and MIF as Potential Immunotherapy Targets in Primary Ewing Sarcomas.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025
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  15. Single-Cell RNA Sequencing of Ewing Sarcoma Tumors Demonstrates Transcriptional Heterogeneity and Clonal Evolution.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025
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4 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Erin MoralesPediatric Oncology and Hematology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Michael OlsonCancer Immunotherapy, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Fiorella IglesiasPediatric Oncology and Hematology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Saurabh DahiyaDepartment of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine and Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Tim LuetkensPediatric Oncology and Hematology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Djordje AtanackovicCancer Immunotherapy, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA datanackovic@som.umaryland.edu.
U-M Rogel Cancer CenterUniversity of Utah · USHuntsman Cancer Institute · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ewing sarcoma (ES) is thought to arise from mesenchymal stem cells and is the second most common bone sarcoma in pediatric patients and young adults. Given the dismal overall outcomes and very intensive therapies used, there is an urgent need to explore and develop alternative treatment modalities including immunotherapies. In this article, we provide an overview of ES biology, features of ES tumor microenvironment (TME) and review various tumor-associated antigens that can be targeted with immune-based approaches including cancer vaccines, monoclonal antibodies, T cell receptor-transduced T cells, and chimeric antigen receptor T cells. We highlight key reasons for the limited efficacy of various immunotherapeutic approaches for the treatment of ES to date. These factors include absence of human leukocyte antigen class I molecules from the tumor tissue, lack of an ideal surface antigen, and immunosuppressive TME due to the presence of myeloid-derived suppressor cells, F2 fibrocytes, and M2-like macrophages. Lastly, we offer insights into strategies for novel therapeutics development in ES. These strategies include the development of gene-modified T cell receptor T cells against cancer-testis antigen such as XAGE-1, surface target discovery through detailed profiling of ES surface proteome, and combinatorial approaches. In summary, we provide state-of-the-art science in ES tumor immunology and immunotherapy, with rationale and recommendations for future therapeutics development.

Indexed as

Cancer VaccinesHumansImmunotherapyOncolytic VirusesSarcoma, EwingCancer Vaccinesadoptivechimeric antigenimmunotherapyreceptorst-lymphocytesvaccination

Identifiers

PMID33293354
PMCPMC7725096
OpenAlexW3113308784

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