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ReviewCancers2021

Homologous Recombination Repair Deficiency and Implications for Tumor Immunogenicity.

Sandra van Wilpe, Sofie H Tolmeijer, Rutger H T Koornstra, I Jolanda M de Vries, Winald R Gerritsen, Marjolijn Ligtenberg, Niven Mehra

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

38 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. DNA Damage and Repair in Pancreatic Cancer-The Latest Findings.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  10. Elucidating DNA Damage-Dependent Immune System Activation.International journal of molecular sciences · 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sandra van WilpeDepartment of Medical Oncology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-0164-7549
Sofie H TolmeijerDepartment of Medical Oncology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4066-885X
Rutger H T KoornstraDepartment of Medical Oncology, Rijnstate Hospital, 6815 DA Arnhem, The Netherlands.
I Jolanda M de VriesDepartment of Tumor Immunology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8653-4040
Winald R GerritsenDepartment of Medical Oncology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Marjolijn LigtenbergDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1290-1474
Niven MehraDepartment of Medical Oncology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-4794-1831
Radboud University Nijmegen · NLRijnstate Hospital · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Homologous recombination repair deficiency (HRD) can be observed in virtually all cancer types. Although HRD sensitizes tumors to DNA-damaging chemotherapy and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors, all patients ultimately develop resistance to these therapies. Therefore, it is necessary to identify therapeutic regimens with a more durable efficacy. HRD tumors have been suggested to be more immunogenic and, therefore, more susceptible to treatment with checkpoint inhibitors. In this review, we describe how HRD might mechanistically affect antitumor immunity and summarize the available translational evidence for an association between HRD and antitumor immunity across multiple tumor types. In addition, we give an overview of all available clinical data on the efficacy of checkpoint inhibitors in HRD tumors and describe the evidence for using treatment strategies that combine checkpoint inhibitors with PARP inhibitors.

Indexed as

cancerhomologous recombination repair deficiencyimmune checkpoint inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID34067105
PMCPMC8124836
OpenAlexW3160982285

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