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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2022

Advances in immunotherapy for glioblastoma multiforme.

Ahmad Bakur Mahmoud, Reham Ajina, Sarah Aref, Manar Darwish, May Alsayb, Mustafa Taher, Shaker A AlSharif, Anwar M Hashem, Almohanad A Alkayyal

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
64citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.9field-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

64 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Advances in glioblastoma: Is there light at the end of the tunnel?The Indian journal of medical research · 2026
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  20. The role and therapeutic value of NUSAP1 in human cancers.Journal of translational medicine · 2025
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4 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Ahmad Bakur MahmoudCollege of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Almadinah Almunwarah, Saudi Arabia.
Reham AjinaKing Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, King Saud University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Sarah ArefKing Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, King Saud University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Manar DarwishStrategic Research and Innovation Laboratories, Taibah University, Almadinah Almunwarah, Saudi Arabia.
May AlsaybCollege of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Almadinah Almunwarah, Saudi Arabia.
Mustafa TaherCollege of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Almadinah Almunwarah, Saudi Arabia.
Shaker A AlSharifKing Fahad Hospital, Ministry of Health, Almadinah Almunwarah, Saudi Arabia.
Anwar M HashemVaccines and Immunotherapy Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center; King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Almohanad A AlkayyalDepartment of Medical Laboratory Technology, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
King Saud University · SATaibah University · SAKing Abdulaziz University · SAMinistry of Health · SAUniversity of Tabuk · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and aggressive malignant brain tumor of the central nervous system and has a very poor prognosis. The current standard of care for patients with GBM involves surgical resection, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. Unfortunately, conventional therapies have not resulted in significant improvements in the survival outcomes of patients with GBM; therefore, the overall mortality rate remains high. Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that helps the immune system to fight cancer and has shown success in different types of aggressive cancers. Recently, healthcare providers have been actively investigating various immunotherapeutic approaches to treat GBM. We reviewed the most promising immunotherapy candidates for glioblastoma that have achieved encouraging results in clinical trials, focusing on immune checkpoint inhibitors, oncolytic viruses, nonreplicating viral vectors, and chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) immunotherapies.

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaReceptors, Chimeric AntigenHumansImmunologic FactorsImmunotherapyPrognosisImmunologic FactorsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenCAR-T cellscheckpoint inhibitorsglioblastoma multiformegliomaimmunotherapyoncolytic virotherapyviral vector

Identifiers

PMID36311781
PMCPMC9597698
OpenAlexW4304688384

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Registered trials

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