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ReviewPharmaceutics2023

Antibody-Drug Conjugates: Ushering in a New Era of Cancer Therapy.

Joshua Hurwitz, Lucy Roxana Haggstrom, Elgene Lim

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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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

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Management of ocular toxicity in patients with gynecologic cancer receiving novel antibody-drug conjugates: a narrative review.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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  10. Advances in adoptive cell therapies in small cell lung cancer.Exploration of targeted anti-tumor therapy · 2025
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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

3 authors.

Joshua HurwitzSt. Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2053, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4900-5745
Lucy Roxana HaggstromPrince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7179-1223
Elgene LimSt. Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2053, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8065-8838

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) have provided new therapeutic options and significant promise for patients with cancer, particularly where existing treatments are limited. Substantial effort in ADC development is underway globally, with 13 ADCs currently approved and many more in development. The therapeutic benefits of ADCs leverage the ability to selectively target cancer cells through antibody binding, resultant relative sparing of non-malignant tissues, and the targeted delivery of a cytotoxic payload. Consequently, this drug class has demonstrated activity in multiple malignancies refractory to standard therapeutic options. Despite this, limitations exist, including narrow therapeutic windows, unique toxicity profiles, development of therapeutic resistance, and appropriate biomarker selection. This review will describe the development of ADCs, their mechanisms of action, pivotal trials, and approved indications and identify common themes. Current challenges and opportunities will be discussed for this drug class in cancer therapeutics at a time when significant developments in antibody therapies, immunotherapy, and targeted agents are occurring.

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antibody–drug conjugatecancerclinical trials

Identifiers

PMID37631232
PMCPMC10458257

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