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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

HER2-Positive Gastric Cancer: The Role of Immunotherapy and Novel Therapeutic Strategies.

Anna Pous, Lucía Notario, Cinta Hierro, Laura Layos, Cristina Bugés

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. HER2 discordance between primary and metastatic gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  11. Advancements in targeted therapy for gastric cancer.Therapeutic advances in gastroenterology · 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.

Anna PousDepartment of Medical Oncology, Institut Català d'Oncologia (ICO) Badalona, 08916 Badalona, Spain.ORCID 0009-0000-5495-9768
Lucía NotarioDepartment of Medical Oncology, Institut Català d'Oncologia (ICO) Badalona, 08916 Badalona, Spain.ORCID 0009-0006-5116-8606
Cinta HierroDepartment of Medical Oncology, Institut Català d'Oncologia (ICO) Badalona, 08916 Badalona, Spain.
Laura LayosDepartment of Medical Oncology, Institut Català d'Oncologia (ICO) Badalona, 08916 Badalona, Spain.
Cristina BugésDepartment of Medical Oncology, Institut Català d'Oncologia (ICO) Badalona, 08916 Badalona, Spain.
Institut Català d'Oncologia · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastric cancer is an aggressive disease with increasing global incidence in recent years. Human epidermal growth receptor 2 (HER2) is overexpressed in approximately 10-20% of gastric cancers. The implementation of targeted therapy against HER2 as part of the standard of care treatment in metastatic disease has improved the prognosis of this subset of patients. However, gastric cancer still has high mortality rates and urgently requires new treatment strategies. The combination of immunotherapy with HER2-targeted therapies has shown synergistic effects in preclinical models, this being the rationale behind exploring this combination in clinical trials in locally advanced and metastatic settings. Additionally, the irruption of antibody-drug conjugates and other novel HER2-targeted agents has led to the development of numerous clinical trials showing promising results. This review presents the molecular mechanisms supporting the use of HER2-targeted drugs in combination with immunotherapy and provides an overview of the therapeutic scenario of HER2-positive disease. We focus on the role of immunotherapy but also summarize emerging therapies and combinations under clinical research that may change the standard treatment in HER-2 positive disease in the future.

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Antineoplastic AgentsErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesImmunoconjugatesStomach NeoplasmsHumansImmunotherapyTrastuzumabAntineoplastic AgentsErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesImmunoconjugatesTrastuzumabantibody-drug conjugatechemotherapyclinical trialsgastric cancerHER2immunotherapynovel therapiesPD-1/PD-L1trastuzumab

Identifiers

PMID37511163
PMCPMC10380453
OpenAlexW4384341224

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