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ReviewThoracic cancer2024

Advances in new targets for immunotherapy of small cell lung cancer.

Zitong Zheng, Juanjuan Liu, Junling Ma, Runting Kang, Zhen Liu, Jiangyong Yu

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Review in Thoracic cancer, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.8field-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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Public Transcriptomic Data Mining for SCLC: From Candidate Ma rkers to Therapeutic Exploration.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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  9. ADCs and TCE in SCLC Therapy: The Beginning of a New Era?Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zitong ZhengDepartment of Oncology, Binzhou Medical University Hospital, Binzhou, P.R. China.
Juanjuan LiuCenter of Biotherapy, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China.
Junling MaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China.
Runting KangCenter of Biotherapy, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China.
Zhen LiuDepartment of Graduate Work Office, Binzhou Medical University Hospital, Binzhou, P.R. China.
Jiangyong YuCenter of Biotherapy, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-3353-1460
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNBinzhou Medical University · CN

Funding

National High Level Hospital Clinical Research Funding BJ-2022-101National High Level Hospital Clinical Research Funding BJ-2023-069National Natural Science Foundation of China 81972199National Natural Science Foundation of China 82141107
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is one of the highly aggressive malignancies characterized by rapid growth and early metastasis, but treatment options are limited. For SCLC, carboplatin or cisplatin in combination with etoposide chemotherapy has been considered the only standard of care, but the standard first-line treatment only results in 10-month survival. The majority of patients relapse within a few weeks to months after treatment, despite the relatively sensitive response to chemotherapy. Over the past decade, immunotherapy has made significant progress in the treatment of SCLC patients. However, there have been limited improvements in survival rates for SCLC patients with the current immune checkpoint inhibitors PD-1/PD-L1 and CTLA-4. In the face of high recurrence rates, small beneficiary populations, and low survival benefits, the exploration of new targets for key molecules and signals in SCLC and the development of drugs with novel mechanisms may provide fresh hope for immunotherapy in SCLC. Therefore, the aim of this review was to explore four new targets, DLL3, TIGIT, LAG-3, and GD2, which may play a role in the immunotherapy of SCLC to find useful clues and strategies to improve the outcome for SCLC patients.

Indexed as

Lung NeoplasmsSmall Cell Lung CarcinomaCisplatinHumansImmunotherapyIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMembrane ProteinsNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalCisplatinDLL3 protein, humanIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMembrane ProteinsDLL3immunotherapyLAG-3small cell lung cancerTIGIT

Identifiers

PMID38093497
PMCPMC10761621
OpenAlexW4389742002

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