Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37395601›Full record

ReviewHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2023

First-line ICIs in renal cell carcinoma.

Vincenzo Fiorentino, Pietro Tralongo, Luigi Maria Larocca, Cristina Pizzimenti, Maurizio Martini, Francesco Pierconti

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Review in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Vincenzo FiorentinoDepartment of Human Pathology in Adult and Developmental Age "Gaetano Barresi", Pathology Section, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1132-1761
Pietro TralongoPathology Unit, Department of Woman and Child's Health and Public Health Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Luigi Maria LaroccaUnicamillus, International Medical University in Rome, Roma, Italy.
Cristina PizzimentiTranslational Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Maurizio MartiniDepartment of Human Pathology in Adult and Developmental Age "Gaetano Barresi", Pathology Section, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Francesco PiercontiPathology Unit, Department of Woman and Child's Health and Public Health Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
University of Messina · ITAgostino Gemelli University Polyclinic · ITSaint Camillus International University of Health and Medical Sciences · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) has radically changed, switching from interferon alfa (IFN-α) and high-dose interleukin-2 (HD IL-2) to new targeted therapies directed against tumoral neoangiogenesis, the mammalian target of the rapamycin (mTOR) pathway and immune checkpoints. Of note, the inhibition of immune checkpoints restores antitumor immune response, therefore promoting immune-mediated elimination of neoplastic cells. The best example of this targeted treatment is represented by PD-1/PD-L1 inhibition that has become the standard of care in mRCC treatment and has improved mRCC patients' prognoses after failure of other targeted therapies. In this manuscript, we review the main therapeutic protocols adopted for mRCC, based on the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) alone or combined with other drugs.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Renal CellKidney NeoplasmsHumansInterferon-alphaInterferon-alphaImmune checkpoint inhibition

Identifiers

PMID37395601
PMCPMC10332208
OpenAlexW4382919321

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