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ReviewJournal of hematology & oncology2021

Combination strategies to maximize the benefits of cancer immunotherapy.

Shaoming Zhu, Tian Zhang, Lei Zheng, Hongtao Liu, Wenru Song, Delong Liu, Zihai Li, Chong-Xian Pan

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of hematology & oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 381 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
381citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
39.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

381 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 633 citations in OpenAlex.

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321 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Shaoming Zhu *Chinese American Hematologist and Oncologist Network, New York, NY, USA.
Tian Zhang *Chinese American Hematologist and Oncologist Network, New York, NY, USA.
Lei ZhengChinese American Hematologist and Oncologist Network, New York, NY, USA.
Hongtao LiuChinese American Hematologist and Oncologist Network, New York, NY, USA.
Wenru SongChinese American Hematologist and Oncologist Network, New York, NY, USA.
Delong LiuChinese American Hematologist and Oncologist Network, New York, NY, USA.
Zihai LiChinese American Hematologist and Oncologist Network, New York, NY, USA. zihai.li@osumc.edu.
Chong-Xian PanChinese American Hematologist and Oncologist Network, New York, NY, USA. Chongxian_pan@hms.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-8588-3994
Association of Black Cardiologists · USAmerican Institute of Physics · USBeijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University · CNHXI (United States) · USJohns Hopkins University · USNew York Medical College · USUniversity of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

Tumor Antigens for Individual Signatures and TherapyP50CA062924 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI JAFFEE, ELIZABETH M. · 1993 to 2022
$54.6M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA062924
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapies such as immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) and adoptive cell therapy (ACT) have revolutionized cancer treatment, especially in patients whose disease was otherwise considered incurable. However, primary and secondary resistance to single agent immunotherapy often results in treatment failure, and only a minority of patients experience long-term benefits. This review article will discuss the relationship between cancer immune response and mechanisms of resistance to immunotherapy. It will also provide a comprehensive review on the latest clinical status of combination therapies (e.g., immunotherapy with chemotherapy, radiation therapy and targeted therapy), and discuss combination therapies approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. It will provide an overview of therapies targeting cytokines and other soluble immunoregulatory factors, ACT, virotherapy, innate immune modifiers and cancer vaccines, as well as combination therapies that exploit alternative immune targets and other therapeutic modalities. Finally, this review will include the stimulating insights from the 2020 China Immuno-Oncology Workshop co-organized by the Chinese American Hematologist and Oncologist Network (CAHON), the China National Medical Product Administration (NMPA) and Tsinghua University School of Medicine.

Indexed as

AnimalsCancer VaccinesCombined Modality TherapyHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapyNeoplasmsOncolytic VirotherapyCancer VaccinesImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsCancer vaccineCAR-TCytokineImmune checkpoint inhibitorImmunotherapyOncolytic virus

Identifiers

PMID34579759
PMCPMC8475356
OpenAlexW3202901824

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