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ReviewCancers2022

Molecular Targets of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Where Do We Stand?

Emma E Newton, Lauren E Mueller, Scout M Treadwell, Cindy A Morris, Heather L Machado

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Review in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
8.8field-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

38 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 86 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Emma E NewtonDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5464-3114
Lauren E MuellerDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6459-9839
Scout M TreadwellDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7845-0365
Cindy A MorrisDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
Heather L MachadoDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6889-6139
Tulane University · US

Funding

Mechanisms promoting the transition to invasive cancerR01CA212518 · NCI · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI MACHADO, HEATHER L · 2017 to 2021
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA212518NIH HHS R01CA212518
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly aggressive form of breast cancer. Due to its heterogeneity and lack of hormone receptor expression, this subtype is more likely to metastasize and resist treatment attempts than are other forms of breast cancer. Due to the absence of targetable receptors, chemotherapy and breast conserving surgery have been the predominant treatment options for patients. However, resistance to chemotherapy and local recurrence of the tumors is frequent. Emerging immunotherapies have begun to change treatment plans for patients diagnosed with TNBC. In this review, we discuss the various immune pathways identified in TNBC and the role they play as targets for new potential treatment choices. Various therapeutic options that inhibit key pathways in cellular growth cycles, DNA repair mechanisms, epithelial mesenchymal transition, and immunosuppression have been shown to improve survival in patients with this disease. With promising results thus far, continued studies of immunotherapy and neoadjuvant therapy options for TNBC are likely to alter the treatment course for these diagnoses in the future.

Indexed as

biological targetsimmunotherapytreatment resistancetriple-negative breast cancer

Identifiers

PMID35158750
PMCPMC8833442
OpenAlexW4205621591

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