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ReviewCellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands)2021

Immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer: chasing the light at the end of the tunnel.

Thomas P Brouwer, Alexander L Vahrmeijer, Noel F C C de Miranda

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Review in Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 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

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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

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Thomas P BrouwerDepartment of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Alexander L VahrmeijerDepartment of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Noel F C C de MirandaDepartment of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, The Netherlands, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC. N.F.de_Miranda@lumc.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6122-1024

Funding

FP7 People: Marie-Curie Actions European Commission H2020 MSCA-ETN grant under proposal number 675743 (project acronym: ISPIC)H2020 European Research Council European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 852832)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCheckpoint blockade immunotherapy has had a significant impact on the survival of a subset of patients with advanced cancers. It has been particularly effective in immunogenic cancer types that present large numbers of somatic mutations in their genomes. To date, all conventional immunotherapies have failed to produce significant clinical benefits for patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, probably due to its poor immunogenic properties, including low numbers of neoantigens and highly immune-suppressive microenvironments.

conclusionsHerein, we discuss advances that have recently been made in cancer immunotherapy and the potential of this field to deliver effective treatment options for pancreatic cancer patients. Preclinical investigations, combining different types of therapies, highlight possibilities to enhance anti-tumor immunity and to generate meaningful clinical responses in pancreatic cancer patients. Results from completed and ongoing (pre)clinical trials are discussed.

Indexed as

ImmunotherapyCarcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalClinical Trials as TopicHumansOncolytic VirotherapyPancreatic NeoplasmsStromal CellsCheckpoint blockadecombination therapiesImmunotherapyMicroenvironmentPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaPDACStroma

Identifiers

PMID33710604
PMCPMC7985121

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