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ReviewCancers2021

Classification of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer's Tumor Immune Micro-Environment and Strategies to Augment Its Response to Immune Checkpoint Blockade.

Alexander Chi, Xia He, Lin Hou, Nam P Nguyen, Guangying Zhu, Robert B Cameron, Jay M Lee

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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 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Alexander ChiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 101100, China.
Xia HeDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210009, China.
Lin HouCenter for Statistical Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Nam P NguyenDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Howard University, Washington, DC 20060, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5106-6665
Guangying ZhuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China.
Robert B CameronDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Jay M LeeDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
University of California, Los Angeles · USCapital Medical University · CNChina-Japan Friendship Hospital · CNHoward University · USJiangsu Cancer Hospital · CNTsinghua University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) with checkpoint inhibitors has led to significant and durable response in a subset of patients with advanced stage EGFR and ALK wild-type non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This has been consistently shown to be correlated with the unique characteristics of each patient's tumor immune micro-environment (TIME), including the composition and distribution of the tumor immune cell infiltrate; the expression of various checkpoints by tumor and immune cells, such as PD-L1; and the presence of various cytokines and chemokines. In this review, the classification of various types of TIME that are present in NSCLC and their correlation with response to ICB in NSCLC are discussed. This is conducted with a focus on the characteristics and identifiable biomarkers of different TIME subtypes that may also be used to predict NSCLC's clinical response to ICB. Finally, treatment strategies to augment response to ICB in NSCLC with unresponsive types of TIME are explored.

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immune checkpoint blockadeLUADLUSCNSCLCtumor immune microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID34208113
PMCPMC8230820
OpenAlexW3167919292

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