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ArticleCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2021

Multitumor Case Series of Germline

Lisa Kinget, Oliver Bechter, Kevin Punie, Philip R Debruyne, Hilde Brems, Paul Clement, Eduard Roussel, Yannick Van Herck, Maarten Albersen, Marcella Baldewijns and 2 more

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Article in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 41% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. 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

12 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lisa KingetDepartment of General Medical Oncology, Leuven Cancer Institute, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-7479-4793
Oliver BechterDepartment of General Medical Oncology, Leuven Cancer Institute, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Kevin PunieDepartment of General Medical Oncology, Leuven Cancer Institute, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1162-7963
Philip R DebruyneDepartment of General Medical Oncology, AZ Groeninge, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-5438-9697
Hilde BremsDepartment of Human Genetics, University of Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Paul ClementDepartment of General Medical Oncology, Leuven Cancer Institute, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Eduard RousselDepartment of Urology, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Yannick Van HerckDepartment of General Medical Oncology, Leuven Cancer Institute, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Maarten AlbersenDepartment of Urology, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Marcella BaldewijnsDepartment of Pathology, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Patrick SchöffskiDepartment of General Medical Oncology, Leuven Cancer Institute, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-5980-030X
Benoit BeuselinckDepartment of General Medical Oncology, Leuven Cancer Institute, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
KU Leuven · BEAZ Groeninge · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICPI) have become widely used for multiple solid malignancies. Reliable predictive biomarkers for selection of patients who would benefit most are lacking. Several tumor types with somatic or germline alterations in genes involved in the DNA damage response (DDR) pathway harbor a higher tumor mutational burden, possibly associated with an increased tumoral neoantigen load. These neoantigens are thought to lead to stronger immune activation and enhanced response to ICPIs. We present a series of seven patients with different malignancies with germline disease-associated variants in DDR genes (

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PMID34449592
PMCPMC8395488
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