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ReviewBiomedicines2022

Current Status and Future Directions of Immunotherapies in Soft Tissue Sarcomas.

William G J Kerrison, Alexander T J Lee, Khin Thway, Robin L Jones, Paul H Huang

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Review in Biomedicines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 17 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 3 institutions in 1 country.

William G J KerrisonDivision of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton SM2 5NG, UK.
Alexander T J LeeThe Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester M20 4BX, UK.
Khin ThwayDivision of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton SM2 5NG, UK.
Robin L JonesThe Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London SW3 6JJ, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4173-3844
Paul H HuangDivision of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton SM2 5NG, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3972-5087
Institute of Cancer Research · GBRoyal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · GBThe Christie NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 29363Cancer Research UK N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy in soft tissue sarcoma (STS) has experienced a surge of interest in the past decade, contributing to an expanding number of therapeutic options for this extremely heterogenous group of rare malignancies. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs) targeting the PD-1 and CTLA-4 axes have demonstrated promising responses in a select number of STS subtypes, including rarer subtypes, such as alveolar soft part sarcoma, SWI/SNF-deficient sarcomas, clear cell sarcoma, and angiosarcoma. Multiple pan-subtype sarcoma trials have facilitated the study of possible predictive biomarkers of the CPI response. It has also become apparent that certain therapies, when combined with CPIs, can enhance response rates, although the specific mechanisms of this possible synergy remain unconfirmed in STS. In addition to CPIs, several other immune targeting agents, including anti-tumour-associated macrophage and antigen-directed therapies, are now under assessment in STS with promising efficacy in some subtypes. In this article, we review the state of the art in immunotherapy in STS, highlighting the pre-clinical and clinical data available for this promising therapeutic strategy.

Indexed as

immunotherapysarcomatissue sarcoma

Identifiers

PMID35327375
PMCPMC8945421
OpenAlexW4214687963

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