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ReviewFrontiers in medicine2022

Harnessing DLL3 inhibition: From old promises to new therapeutic horizons.

Diego Luigi Cortinovis, Francesca Colonese, Maria Ida Abbate, Luca Sala, Marco Meazza Prina, Nicoletta Cordani, Elisa Sala, Stefania Canova

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Review in Frontiers in medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Diego Luigi CortinovisDepartment of Medical Oncology, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy.
Francesca ColoneseDepartment of Medical Oncology, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy.
Maria Ida AbbateDepartment of Medical Oncology, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy.
Luca SalaDepartment of Medical Oncology, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy.
Marco Meazza PrinaDepartment of Medical Oncology, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy.
Nicoletta CordaniSchool of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy.
Elisa SalaDepartment of Medical Oncology, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy.
Stefania CanovaDepartment of Medical Oncology, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy.
Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo · ITUniversity of Milano-Bicocca · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is an aggressive neuroendocrine tumor with a high relapse rate, limited therapeutic options, and poor prognosis. The combination of chemotherapy and immune-checkpoint inhibitors brings a new therapeutic era, although the lack of predictive biomarkers of response reduces the efficacy of applying the treatment to the entire population of patients with SCLC. The lack of treatments able to bind to a specific target has always been a substantial difference to the non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) counterpart. Delta-like canonical Notch ligand 3 is a protein frequently overexpressed in SCLC and is therefore being explored as a potentially promising therapeutic target in high-grade neuroendocrine lung cancer. In this article, we critically review the activity and efficacy of old DLL3 inhibitors antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) and their failures through new compounds and their possible applications in clinical practice, with a focus on new molecular classification of SCLC.

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DLL3molecular classificationrovalpituzumab tesirinesmall-cell lung cancertarlatamab

Identifiers

PMID36530878
PMCPMC9751403
OpenAlexW4311049903

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