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ReviewCurrent oncology reports2021

Prostate Cancer Immunotherapy-Finally in From the Cold?

Karie D Runcie, Matthew C Dallos

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Review in Current oncology reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

2 authors.

Karie D RuncieDivision of Hematology/Oncology, New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, 177 Fort Washington Avenue, 6GN-435, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
Matthew C DallosDivision of Hematology/Oncology, New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, 1130 St Nicholas Avenue, Room 321A, New York, NY, 10032, USA. mcd2187@cumc.columbia.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5412-3490

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewDespite significant progress, patients with metastatic prostate cancer continue to have poor prognosis. Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer care for many tumor types but has a limited role in the treatment of prostate cancer. This review discusses the promise of immunotherapy in prostate cancer treatment with an emphasis on emerging therapeutic targets. RECENT

findingsMost prostate tumors have low tumor mutational burden and lack immunogenicity, representing significant hurdles to induction of anti-tumor immunity. However, recent research centered on deciphering key mechanisms of immune resistance in the prostate tumor microenvironment has led to the discovery of a range of new treatment targets. These discoveries are currently being translated into innovative immunotherapy clinical trials for patients with prostate cancer. Recent progress includes early evidence of activity for these novel approaches and the identification of potential predictive biomarkers of response. Novel treatment strategies using new antigen-directed therapies, drugs targeting the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, and combination immunotherapy therapies show great potential and are currently in clinical development. In addition, a deeper understanding of predictors of response and resistance to immunotherapy in prostate cancer is allowing for a more personalized approach to therapy.

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Cancer VaccinesClinical Trials as TopicHumansImmunotherapyMaleProstatic NeoplasmsTissue ExtractsTumor MicroenvironmentCancer VaccinesTissue ExtractsAntibody-drug conjugatesBispecific antibodiesCancer vaccinesCell signaling pathwaysChimeric antigen receptor T-cells (CAR T-cells)Cytokine inhibitionImmune checkpoint inhibitionImmunotherapyInterleukin-8Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancerProstate cancerProstate-specific antigenProstate-specific membrane antigenProstate stem cell antigenProstatic acid phosphataseSix transmembrane epithelial antigen of the prostate 1Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β)Tumor microenvironment

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