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ReviewNPJ breast cancer2022

Immunotherapy in triple negative breast cancer: beyond checkpoint inhibitors.

Yara Abdou, Atta Goudarzi, Jia Xin Yu, Samik Upadhaya, Benjamin Vincent, Lisa A Carey

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In one paragraph

Review in NPJ breast cancer, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
77citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
11.7field-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

77 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 115 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Pembrolizumab in Combination with Binimetinib in Patients with Unresectable Locally Advanced or Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025
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17 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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yara AbdouLineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA. Yara_Abdou@med.unc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4827-8613
Atta GoudarziDepartment of Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14203, USA.
Jia Xin YuParker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, San Francisco, CA, 94129, USA.
Samik UpadhayaCancer Research Institute, New York, NY, 10006, USA.
Benjamin VincentLineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1762-2282
Lisa A CareyLineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2388-4649
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USCancer Research Institute · USParker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy · USUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New York · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of immunotherapy agents has revolutionized the field of oncology. The only FDA-approved immunotherapeutic approach in breast cancer consists of immune checkpoint inhibitors, yet several novel immune-modulatory strategies are being actively studied and appear promising. Innovative immunotherapeutic strategies are urgently needed in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), a subtype of breast cancer known for its poor prognosis and its resistance to conventional treatments. TNBC is more primed to respond to immunotherapy given the presence of more tumor infiltrating lymphocytes, higher PD-L1 expression, and higher tumor mutation burden relative to the other breast cancer subtypes, and therefore, immuno-oncology represents a key area of promise for TNBC research. The aim of this review is to highlight current data and ongoing efforts to establish the safety and efficacy of immunotherapeutic approaches beyond checkpoint inhibitors in TNBC.

Identifiers

PMID36351947
PMCPMC9646259
OpenAlexW4308736835

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