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ReviewCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2023

Antibody-Drug Conjugates in Breast Cancer: Ascent to Destiny and Beyond-A 2023 Review.

Tian Xiao, Sanji Ali, Danilo Giffoni M M Mata, Ana Elisa Lohmann, Phillip S Blanchette

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Review in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Sociodemographic Disparities in First-Line Treatment and Outcome Patterns in Women with HR+/HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2026
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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tian XiaoSchulich School of Medicine, Western University, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada.
Sanji AliSchulich School of Medicine, Western University, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada.
Danilo Giffoni M M MataDivision of Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology, London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, London, ON N6A 5W9, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7375-4346
Ana Elisa LohmannDivision of Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology, London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, London, ON N6A 5W9, Canada.
Phillip S BlanchetteDivision of Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology, London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, London, ON N6A 5W9, Canada.
Western University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are revolutionizing cancer treatment, adding another important new class of systemic therapy. ADCs are a specially designed class of therapeutics that target cells expressing specific cancer antigens using directed antibody-drug delivery and release a cytotoxic chemotherapeutic payload. Over the past two decades, improvements in ADC design, development, and research, particularly in breast cancer, have led to several recent landmark publications. These advances have significantly changed various treatment paradigms and revamped traditional classifications of breast cancer with the introduction of a potential new subtype: "HER2-low". This review will focus on several ADCs developed for breast cancer treatment, including trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1), trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd), sacituzumab govitecan (SG) and other newer emerging agents. It will provide an overview of the role of ADCs in breast cancer and discuss the opportunities and challenges they present. Additionally, our review will discuss future research directions to improve the selection of targets, combination therapies, and aim to improve drug safety. Important first-line metastatic and adjuvant clinical trials are underway, which may expand the role of ADC therapy in breast cancer. We foresee ADCs driving a new era of breast cancer treatment, adding to the steady incremental survival advantage observed in recent years.

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsImmunoconjugatesAdo-Trastuzumab EmtansineFemaleHumansAdo-Trastuzumab EmtansineImmunoconjugatesantibody–drug conjugate (ADCs)breast cancerHER2-low

Identifiers

PMID37504334
PMCPMC10378319
OpenAlexW4383553191

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