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ReviewVaccines2021

Cancer Vaccines: Promising Therapeutics or an Unattainable Dream.

Howard Donninger, Chi Li, John W Eaton, Kavitha Yaddanapudi

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In one paragraph

Review in Vaccines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Cancer Vaccines: A Novel Revolutionized Approach to Cancer Therapy.Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB · 2025
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  6. Microenvironment-based immunotherapy in oral cancer: a comprehensive review.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Howard DonningerJames Graham Brown Cancer Center, Experimental Therapeutics Group, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
Chi LiJames Graham Brown Cancer Center, Experimental Therapeutics Group, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
John W EatonDepartment of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
Kavitha YaddanapudiJames Graham Brown Cancer Center, Immuno-Oncology Group, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
University of Louisville · US

Funding

NIH HHS CA198249
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The advent of cancer immunotherapy has revolutionized the field of cancer treatment and offers cancer patients new hope. Although this therapy has proved highly successful for some patients, its efficacy is not all encompassing and several cancer types do not respond. Cancer vaccines offer an alternate approach to promote anti-tumor immunity that differ in their mode of action from antibody-based therapies. Cancer vaccines serve to balance the equilibrium of the crosstalk between the tumor cells and the host immune system. Recent advances in understanding the nature of tumor-mediated tolerogenicity and antigen presentation has aided in the identification of tumor antigens that have the potential to enhance anti-tumor immunity. Cancer vaccines can either be prophylactic (preventative) or therapeutic (curative). An exciting option for therapeutic vaccines is the emergence of personalized vaccines, which are tailor-made and specific for tumor type and individual patient. This review summarizes the current standing of the most promising vaccine strategies with respect to their development and clinical efficacy. We also discuss prospects for future development of stem cell-based prophylactic vaccines.

Indexed as

cancer vaccinesimmunotherapypersonalized vaccinespreventative vaccinestherapeutic vaccines

Identifiers

PMID34207062
PMCPMC8233841
OpenAlexW3174680010

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