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ReviewCancer science2021

Personalized cancer vaccination in head and neck cancer.

Hirofumi Shibata, Liye Zhou, Na Xu, Ann Marie Egloff, Ravindra Uppaluri

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Review in Cancer science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Low Alanine Aminotransferase Blood Activity, a Biomarker of Sarcopenia and Frailty, is Associated With Worse Post-Total Laryngectomy Clinical Outcomes. A Retrospective Analysis of 427 Patients.Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery · 2026
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  7. Salivary biomarkers: a promising approach for predicting immunotherapy response in head and neck cancers.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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  20. A Biflavonoid-Rich Extract fromPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Hirofumi ShibataDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Liye ZhouDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Na XuDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Ann Marie EgloffDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Ravindra UppaluriDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5988-6828
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · USAnhui Agricultural University · CN

Funding

Defining mechanisms of immunotherapy resistance in head and neck squamous cell carcinomasU01DE029188 · NIDCR · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI BARBIE, DAVID A, HADDAD, ROBERT I. · 2019 to 2019
$4.3M
Immunotherapeutic responses to neoantigens in head and neck cancerR01DE027736 · NIDCR · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI UPPALURI, RAVINDRA · 2018 to 2022
$2.9M
GENOMIC INSIGHTS AND THERAPEUTIC TARGETING OF ORAL CANCER TUMOR INITIATING CELLSR01DE024403 · NIDCR · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI UPPALURI, RAVINDRA · 2014 to 2018
$1.9M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE024403NIDCR NIH HHS R01DE024403NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE027736NIDCR NIH HHS R01DE027736NIDCR NIH HHS U01 DE029188NIDCR NIH HHS U01DE029188Uehara Memorial Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer is characterized by an accumulation of somatic mutations that represent a source of neoantigens for targeting by antigen-specific T cells. Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) has a relatively high mutation burden across all cancer types, and cellular immunity to neoantigens likely plays a key role in HNSCC clinical outcomes. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs) have brought new treatment options and hopes to patients with recurrent and/or metastatic HNSCC. However, many patients do not benefit from CPI therapies, highlighting the need for novel immunotherapy or combinatorial strategies. One such approach is personalized cancer vaccination targeting tumor-associated antigens and tumor-specific antigens, either as single agents or in combination with other therapies. Recent advances in next-generation genomic sequencing technologies and computational algorithms have enabled efficient identification of somatic mutation-derived neoantigens and are anticipated to facilitate the development of cancer vaccine strategies. Here, we review cancer vaccine approaches against HNSCC, including fundamental mechanisms of a cancer vaccine, considerations for selecting appropriate antigens, and combination therapies.

Indexed as

Antigens, NeoplasmAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalCancer VaccinesClinical Trials as TopicCombined Modality TherapyDNA Mutational AnalysisHead and Neck NeoplasmsHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunogenicity, VaccineMutationPrecision MedicineSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckTreatment OutcomeVaccines, DNAAntigens, NeoplasmAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalCancer VaccinesImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsVaccines, DNAVaccines, Subunitcancer vaccine therapyclinical trialhead and neck squamous cell carcinomatumor-associated antigentumor-specific antigen

Identifiers

PMID33368875
PMCPMC7935792
OpenAlexW3118132785

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