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ReviewESMO open2021

Immune cell engagers in solid tumors: promises and challenges of the next generation immunotherapy.

G Fucà, A Spagnoletti, M Ambrosini, F de Braud, M Di Nicola

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In one paragraph

Review in ESMO open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

37 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Immune cell engagers in lung cancer.Frontiers in immunology · 2026
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  12. Advances in adoptive cell therapies in small cell lung cancer.Exploration of targeted anti-tumor therapy · 2025
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

G FucàImmunotherapy and Innovative Therapeutics Unit, Medical Oncology and Hematology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: giovanni.fuca@istitutotumori.mi.it.
A SpagnolettiImmunotherapy and Innovative Therapeutics Unit, Medical Oncology and Hematology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
M AmbrosiniImmunotherapy and Innovative Therapeutics Unit, Medical Oncology and Hematology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
F de BraudImmunotherapy and Innovative Therapeutics Unit, Medical Oncology and Hematology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy; Oncology and Hemato-oncology Department, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
M Di NicolaImmunotherapy and Innovative Therapeutics Unit, Medical Oncology and Hematology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori · ITUniversity of Milan · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the landscape of cancer immunotherapy, immune cell engagers (ICEs) are rapidly emerging as a feasible and easy-to-deliver alternative to adoptive cell therapy for the antitumor redirection of immune effector cells. Even if in hematological malignancies this class of new therapeutics already hit the clinic, the development of ICEs in solid tumors still represents a challenge. Considering that ICEs are a rapidly expanding biotechnology in cancer therapy, we designed this review as a primer for clinicians, focusing on the major obstacles for the clinical implementation and the most translatable approaches proposed to overcome the limitations in solid tumors.

Indexed as

Hematologic NeoplasmsNeoplasmsHumansImmunotherapyImmunotherapy, AdoptiveT-LymphocytesBiTEsimmune cell engagersimmunotherapysolid tumorsT cell redirection

Identifiers

PMID33508733
PMCPMC7841318
OpenAlexW3123838179

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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