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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2023

Glucocorticoid Effect in Cancer Patients.

Marta María Blanco-Nistal, Jesús Antonio Fernández-Fernández

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marta María Blanco-NistalComplejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain. mblancon@saludcastillayleon.es.
Jesús Antonio Fernández-FernándezComplejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain.
Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Palencia · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of glucocorticoids is very varied in the context of cancer patients and includes the treatment of symptoms related to cancer, but also the management of the most common side effects of antitumor treatments or adverse events related to the immune system. There is a quantity of experimental evidence demonstrating that cancer cells are immunogenic. However, the effective activation of anticancer T cell responses closely depends on an efficient antigen presentation carried out by professional antigen-presenting cells such as dendritic cells (DCs). The classic strategies to improve the medical management of inflammation are aimed at exacerbating the host's immune response. Although successful in treating a number of diseases, these drugs have limited efficacy and variable responses can lead to unpredictable results. The ideal therapy should reduce inflammation without inducing immunosuppression and remains a challenge for healthcare personnel.

Indexed as

Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsNeoplasmsAntigen PresentationAntigen-Presenting CellsGlucocorticoidsHumansInflammationGlucocorticoidsAdjuvant analgesicsAnti-inflammatoryApoptosisCancer patientChemotherapyGlucocorticoid effectImmune response

Identifiers

PMID37642855
OpenAlexW4386266307

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Registered trials

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