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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Combined Radionuclide Therapy and Immunotherapy for Treatment of Triple Negative Breast Cancer.

Alyssa Vito, Stephanie Rathmann, Natalie Mercanti, Nader El-Sayes, Karen Mossman, John Valliant

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 56% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Immunological effects of radiopharmaceutical therapy.Frontiers in nuclear medicine · 2024
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  15. Promise and Challenges of T Cell Immunotherapy for Osteosarcoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  18. Combining Targeted Radionuclide Therapy and Immune Checkpoint Inhibition for Cancer Treatment.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2022
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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alyssa VitoDepartment of Medicine, McMaster Immunology Research Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2197-4395
Stephanie RathmannDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.
Natalie MercantiDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.
Nader El-SayesDepartment of Medicine, McMaster Immunology Research Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.
Karen MossmanDepartment of Medicine, McMaster Immunology Research Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1725-5873
John ValliantDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada.
McMaster University · CAMcMaster University Medical Centre · CA

Funding

Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute 7038587Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute 706280
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive subtype of the disease with poor clinical outcomes and limited therapeutic options. Immune checkpoint blockade (CP) has surged to the forefront of cancer therapies with widespread clinical success in a variety of cancer types. However, the percentage of TNBC patients that benefit from CP as a monotherapy is low, and clinical trials have shown the need for combined therapeutic modalities. Specifically, there has been interest in combining CP therapy with radiation therapy where clinical studies primarily with external beam have suggested their therapeutic synergy, contributing to the development of anti-tumor immunity. Here, we have developed a therapeutic platform combining radionuclide therapy (RT) and immunotherapy utilizing a radiolabeled biomolecule and CP in an E0771 murine TNBC tumor model. Survival studies show that while neither monotherapy is able to improve therapeutic outcomes, the combination of RT + CP extended overall survival. Histologic analysis showed that RT + CP increased necrotic tissue within the tumor and decreased levels of F4/80+ macrophages. Flow cytometry analysis of the peripheral blood also showed that RT + CP suppressed macrophages and myeloid-derived suppressive cells, both of which actively contribute to immune escape and tumor relapse.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell Line, TumorCombined Modality TherapyFemaleHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunologic FactorsImmunotherapyMiceNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunologic Factorsimmune checkpoint therapyimmunotherapyradionuclide therapytriple negative breast cancer

Identifiers

PMID34063642
PMCPMC8124136
OpenAlexW3156212653

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