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ArticleJournal of breast cancer2022

Intravenous Immunoglobulin to Suppress Progression in a Patient With Advanced Breast Cancer.

Kai-Liang Lin, Ta-Chung Chao, Ming-Han Chen

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Article in Journal of breast cancer, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kai-Liang LinDepartment of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5730-0659
Ta-Chung ChaoDepartment of Oncology and Comprehensive Breast Health Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1451-1939
Ming-Han ChenFaculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7822-2613
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWTaipei Veterans General Hospital · TW

Funding

Taiwan Clinical Oncology Research Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is used to treat various diseases and has anticancer effects that suppress metastases in animal models of sarcoma and melanoma. However, these effects have been observed in a limited number of clinical cases. We report the case of a patient with metastatic breast cancer in which long-term IVIG treatment stopped disease progression in the absence of salvage chemotherapy. The patient was treated with IVIG for the treatment of immune thrombocytopenia. Surprisingly, the lung and brain metastases were stabilized, and the patient achieved a progression-free interval of 29 months. More cases are needed to investigate and confirm the efficacy of IVIG in solid tumors in the future.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Ductal, BreastImmunoglobulins, IntravenousPurpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic

Identifiers

PMID35380017
PMCPMC9250874
OpenAlexW4214825957

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