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ReviewInnovation (Cambridge (Mass.))2020

Current Status and Future Perspective of Immunotherapy in Gastrointestinal Cancers.

Zhihao Lu, Zhi Peng, Chang Liu, Zhenghang Wang, Yakun Wang, Xi Jiao, Jian Li, Lin Shen

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In one paragraph

Review in Innovation (Cambridge (Mass.)), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
57citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

57 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 76 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zhihao LuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, No. 52 FuCheng Road, Hai-Dian District, Beijing, 100142, China.
Zhi PengDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, No. 52 FuCheng Road, Hai-Dian District, Beijing, 100142, China.
Chang LiuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, No. 52 FuCheng Road, Hai-Dian District, Beijing, 100142, China.
Zhenghang WangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, No. 52 FuCheng Road, Hai-Dian District, Beijing, 100142, China.
Yakun WangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, No. 52 FuCheng Road, Hai-Dian District, Beijing, 100142, China.
Xi JiaoDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, No. 52 FuCheng Road, Hai-Dian District, Beijing, 100142, China.
Jian LiDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, No. 52 FuCheng Road, Hai-Dian District, Beijing, 100142, China.
Lin ShenDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, No. 52 FuCheng Road, Hai-Dian District, Beijing, 100142, China.
Peking University · CNPeking University Cancer Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers represent a major public health problem worldwide. Due to the late detection and high heterogeneity of GI cancers, traditional treatments, including surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and targeted therapy, have shown limited effects, and the overall prognosis of these patients remains poor. Recently, immunotherapy, involving programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) and its ligand (PD-L1), has shown promising efficacy in several solid cancers and seems to have become a potential treatment option for GI cancers This review focuses on data on the development of immunotherapy-based clinical trials in esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, and colorectal cancer. The predictive biomarkers and combination strategies in clinical trials and translational medicine are also discussed. Finally, prospects for immunotherapy in the treatment of GI cancers are described. Although only a small proportion of patients with GI cancers respond to PD-1/PD-L1 blockade, we strongly believe that precision immunotherapy might improve the overall survival of many more GI cancer patients in the future.

Indexed as

biomarkersgastrointestinal cancerimmune checkpoint blockadeprecision immunotherapy

Identifiers

PMID34557714
PMCPMC8454608
OpenAlexW3048004441

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