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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2022

Herpes simplex virus 1 as an oncolytic viral therapy for refractory cancers.

Hayle Scanlan, Zachary Coffman, Jeffrey Bettencourt, Timothy Shipley, Debra E Bramblett

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Oncolytic Virotherapy in Solid Tumors: A Current Review.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2025
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  15. Targeting Cancers with oHSV-Based Oncolytic Viral Immunotherapy.Current issues in molecular biology · 2024
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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.

Hayle ScanlanRowan School of Medicine, RowanSOM-Jefferson Health-Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Stratford, NJ, United States.
Zachary CoffmanMonroe Clinic Rural Family Medicine Program, The University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford, Monroe, WI, United States.
Jeffrey BettencourtDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine, Las Cruces, NM, United States.
Timothy ShipleyDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona, Mesa, AZ, United States.
Debra E BramblettDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine, Las Cruces, NM, United States.
A.T. Still University · USIllinois College · USOur Lady of Lourdes Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The need for efficacious and non-toxic cancer therapies is paramount. Oncolytic viruses (OVs) are showing great promise and are introducing new possibilities in cancer treatment with their ability to selectively infect tumor cells and trigger antitumor immune responses. Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV-1) is a commonly selected OV candidate due to its large genome, relative safety profile, and ability to infect a variety of cell types. Talimogene laherparevec (T-VEC) is an HSV-1-derived OV variant and the first and only OV therapy currently approved for clinical use by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This review provides a concise description of HSV-1 as an OV candidate and the genomic organization of T-VEC. Furthermore, this review focuses on the advantages and limitations in the use of T-VEC compared to other HSV-1 OV variants currently in clinical trials. In addition, approaches for future directions of HSV-1 OVs as cancer therapy is discussed.

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cancerHerpes simplex virus 1oncolytic virusT-VECvirotherapy

Identifiers

PMID35965554
PMCPMC9364694
OpenAlexW4288066823

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