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ReviewAdvanced drug delivery reviews2022

Image-guided intratumoral immunotherapy: Developing a clinically practical technology.

Avik Som, Jan-Georg Rosenboom, Alana Chandler, Rahul A Sheth, Eric Wehrenberg-Klee

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Review in Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 49 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.

Avik SomDivision of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States.
Jan-Georg RosenboomDivision of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States; Department of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States.
Alana ChandlerDivision of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States; Department of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States.
Rahul A ShethDepartment of Interventional Radiology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, United States.
Eric Wehrenberg-KleeDivision of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States. Electronic address: EWEHRENBERG-KLEE@PARTNERS.ORG.
Massachusetts General Hospital · USMassachusetts Institute of Technology · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Biomarker Identification to Increase Adjunctive Cryoablation and Checkpoint-Inhibitor Immunotherapy ResponseK08CA245257 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI WEHRENBERG-KLEE, ERIC · 2020 to 2024
$1.3M
NCI NIH HHS K08 CA245257
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy has revolutionized the contemporary oncology landscape, with durable responses possible across a range of cancer types. However, the majority of cancer patients do not respond to immunotherapy due to numerous immunosuppressive barriers. Efforts to overcome these barriers and increase systemic immunotherapy efficacy have sparked interest in the local intratumoral delivery of immune stimulants to activate the local immune response and subsequently drive systemic tumor immunity. While clinical evaluation of many therapeutic candidates is ongoing, development is hindered by a lack of imaging confirmation of local delivery, insufficient intratumoral drug distribution, and a need for repeated injections. The use of polymeric drug delivery systems, which have been widely used as platforms for both image guidance and controlled drug release, holds promise for delivery of intratumoral immunoadjuvants and the development of an in situ cancer vaccine for patients with metastatic cancer. In this review, we explore the current state of the field for intratumoral delivery and methods for optimizing controlled drug release, as well as practical considerations for drug delivery design to be optimized for clinical image guided delivery particularly by CT and ultrasound.

Indexed as

Cancer VaccinesNeoplasmsAdjuvants, ImmunologicHumansImmunologic FactorsImmunotherapyTechnologyAdjuvants, ImmunologicCancer VaccinesImmunologic FactorsCancer vaccineCTHydrogelsImmunotherapyIntratumoral therapyMRIUltrasound

Identifiers

PMID36007674
PMCPMC10456124
OpenAlexW4292682825

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