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ReviewCancers2021

Targeted Therapies and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Primary CNS Lymphoma.

Hans-Georg Wirsching, Michael Weller, Stefan Balabanov, Patrick Roth

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Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Hans-Georg WirschingDepartment of Neurology and Brain Tumor Center, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
Michael WellerDepartment of Neurology and Brain Tumor Center, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-1748-174X
Stefan BalabanovDepartment of Medical Oncology and Hematology, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
Patrick RothDepartment of Neurology and Brain Tumor Center, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
University Hospital of Zurich · CHUniversity of Zurich · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review article outlines the current development of emerging treatment strategies for primary central nervous system lymphoma, a rare brain tumor with, thus far, limited therapeutic options. Small molecule targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitors, immunomodulatory agents, and immune checkpoint inhibitors will be discussed. The mechanisms of action, results of completed clinical studies, ongoing clinical trials, and future perspectives are summarized. Among the most promising clinical developments in the field of CNS lymphomas is ibrutinib, an inhibitor of Bruton's tyrosine kinase, which relays activation of nuclear factor kappa B upon integration of constitutive B cell receptor and Toll-like receptor signals. Down-stream of nuclear factor kappa B, the thalidomide analogs lenalidomide and pomalidomide exert immunomodulatory functions and are currently explored against CNS lymphomas. Finally, immune checkpoint inhibitors, such as drugs targeting the PD-1 pathway, may become novel therapeutic options to unleash anti-tumor immunity in patients with primary CNS lymphoma.

Indexed as

ibrutinibimmune checkpoint inhibitionlenalidomidenivolumabPCNSLPD-1pembrolizumabprimary CNS lymphoma

Identifiers

PMID34203062
PMCPMC8234854
OpenAlexW3173876970

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