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ArticleAnnual review of cancer biology2020

Immune-Based Approaches for the Treatment of Pediatric Malignancies.

Kristopher R Bosse, Robbie G Majzner, Crystal L Mackall, John M Maris

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Article in Annual review of cancer biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Best clinical practise guidance for oral health care management of long-term childhood cancer survivors (CCS): an EAPD policy document.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2025
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  10. Current State of Pediatric Cardio-Oncology: A Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kristopher R BosseDivision of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
Robbie G MajznerDepartment of Pediatrics and Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Crystal L MackallDepartment of Pediatrics and Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
John M MarisDivision of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
Stanford University · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Understanding and Overcoming Resistance to Immunotherapies in Childhood CancersU54CA232568 · NCI · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI MACKALL, CRYSTAL, MARIS, JOHN M · 2018 to 2022
$13.1M
Discovering mechanisms of neuroblastoma tumorigenesis to improve patient outcomesR35CA220500 · NCI · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI JOHN M MARIS · 2017 to 2026
$8.7M
Targeting the GPC2 oncoprotein with immune-based therapies in neuroblastomaK08CA230223 · NCI · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI BOSSE, KRISTOPHER R · 2018 to 2022
$1.0M
NCI NIH HHS K08 CA230223NCI NIH HHS R35 CA220500NCI NIH HHS U54 CA232568
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune-based therapies have now been credentialed for pediatric cancers with the robust efficacy of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells for pediatric B cell acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), offering a chance of a cure for children with previously lethal disease and a potentially more targeted therapy to limit treatment-related morbidities. The developmental origins of most pediatric cancers make them ideal targets for immune-based therapies that capitalize on the differential expression of lineage-specific cell surface molecules such as antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates, or CAR T cells, while the efficacy of other therapies that depend on tumor immunogenicity such as immune checkpoint inhibitors has been limited to date. Here we review the current status of immune-based therapies for childhood cancers, discuss challenges to developing immunotherapeutics for these diseases, and outline future directions of pediatric immunotherapy discovery and development.

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antibodiesCAR T cellsimmunotherapypediatric cancers

Identifiers

PMID34113750
PMCPMC8189419
OpenAlexW3011066871

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