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ReviewCancer cell international2022

CAR-T cell combination therapy: the next revolution in cancer treatment.

Maysoon Al-Haideri, Santalia Banne Tondok, Salar Hozhabri Safa, Ali Heidarnejad Maleki, Samaneh Rostami, Abduladheem Turki Jalil, Moaed E Al-Gazally, Fahad Alsaikhan, Jasur Alimdjanovich Rizaev, Talar Ahmad Merza Mohammad and 1 more

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Review in Cancer cell international, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 102 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
102citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
13.9field-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

102 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 143 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

11 authors at 8 institutions in 5 countries.

Maysoon Al-HaideriDepartment of Physiotherapy, Cihan University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
Santalia Banne TondokDepartment of Nursing, Health Polytechnic of the Ministry of Health Jayapura, Jayapura, Indonesia.
Salar Hozhabri SafaSchool of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
Ali Heidarnejad MalekiSchool of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
Samaneh RostamiSchool of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
Abduladheem Turki JalilMedical Laboratories Techniques Department, Al-Mustaqbal University College, Hilla, 51001, Babylon, Iraq.
Moaed E Al-GazallyCollege of Medicine, University of Al-Ameed, Karbala, Iraq.
Fahad AlsaikhanCollege of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Jasur Alimdjanovich RizaevDepartment of Public Health and Healthcare Management, Rector Samarkand State Medical University, Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Talar Ahmad Merza MohammadDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
Safa TahmasebiDepartment of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. safa.tahmasebi@sbmu.ac.ir.
Zanjan University of Medical Sciences · IRCihan University-Erbil · IQHawler Medical University · IQMinistry of Health · IDPrince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University · SASamarkand State Medical Institute · UZShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRUniversity of Karbala · IQ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent decades, the advent of immune-based therapies, most notably Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy has revolutionized cancer treatment. The promising results of numerous studies indicate that CAR-T cell therapy has had a remarkable ability and successful performance in treating blood cancers. However, the heterogeneity and immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME) of solid tumors have challenged the effectiveness of these anti-tumor fighters by creating various barriers. Despite the promising results of this therapeutic approach, including tumor degradation and patient improvement, there are some concerns about the efficacy and safety of the widespread use of this treatment in the clinic. Complex and suppressing tumor microenvironment, tumor antigen heterogeneity, the difficulty of cell trafficking, CAR-T cell exhaustion, and reduced cytotoxicity in the tumor site limit the applicability of CAR-T cell therapy and highlights the requiring to improve the performance of this treatment. With this in mind, in the last decade, many efforts have been made to use other treatments for cancer in combination with tuberculosis to increase the effectiveness of CAR-T cell therapy, especially in solid tumors. The combination therapy results have promising consequences for tumor regression and better cancer control compared to single therapies. Therefore, this study aimed to comprehensively discuss different cancer treatment methods in combination with CAR-T cell therapy and their therapeutic outcomes, which can be a helpful perspective for improving cancer treatment in the near future.

Indexed as

CAR-T cell therapyChimeric antigen receptorCombination therapyHematological malignanciesSolid tumors

Identifiers

PMID36419058
PMCPMC9685957
OpenAlexW4309883130

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