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ReviewCentral European journal of urology2021

Therapeutic metastatic prostate cancer vaccines: lessons learnt from urologic oncology.

Witold Lasek, Łukasz Zapała

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Review in Central European journal of urology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Synergistic potential and challenges of immunotherapy combined with radiotherapy in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: a review of mechanisms and clinical advances.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  2. Drug Discovery Strategies for Kallikrein-Related Peptidases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  6. Current Advances in Nanocarriers for Cancer Therapy.International journal of nanomedicine · 2025
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  8. Advances in bio-immunotherapy for castration-resistant prostate cancer.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Witold LasekDepartment of Immunology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Łukasz ZapałaClinic of General, Oncological and Functional Urology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Medical University of Warsaw · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionTherapeutic cancer vaccines have been recognized as a promising treatment option in clinical oncology for nearly three decades. However, despite many efforts, only one cancer vaccine - sipuleucel-T, activating the anti-PAP (prostatic acid phosphatase) immune response, has obtained Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval. MATERIAL AND

methodsThis review describes the most advanced research on the use of therapeutic cancer vaccines in the treatment of prostate cancer.

resultsIn addition to sipuleucel-T, which was approved in urologic oncology in 2010, four cancer vaccines were and have been tested in phase III clinical trials in patients with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC): GVAX (prostate cancer variant) containing irradiated prostate cancer cell, PPV peptide vaccine, PCVAC/PCa dendritic cell-based vaccine and PROSTVAC anti PSA (prostate-specific antigen) vaccine. This review compares the most promising and best-studied cancer vaccines: sipuleucel-T and PROSTVAC. Currently, both vaccines have been tested in combination with other therapeutic approaches, including check point inhibitors.

conclusionsIt seems possible that the efficacy of sipuleucel-T and PROSTVAC could be increased in combination therapy with other medications.

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oncoimmunologyPROSTVACsipuleucel-Ttherapeutic cancer vaccines

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PMID34729217
PMCPMC8552937
OpenAlexW3209809552

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