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ReviewSeminars in radiation oncology2024

Radiotherapy Combined with Intralesional Immunostimulatory Agents for Soft Tissue Sarcomas.

Chang Su, Soo Kyoung Kim, Charles X Wang, David G Kirsch, Arta M Monjazeb

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Review in Seminars in radiation oncology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Chang SuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Soo Kyoung KimDepartment of Radiation Oncology, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, UC Davis Health, Davis, CA.
Charles X WangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, UC Davis Health, Davis, CA.
David G KirschDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Duke University, Durham, NC; Department of Radiation Oncology, Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Arta M MonjazebDepartment of Radiation Oncology, UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, UC Davis Health, Davis, CA. Electronic address: ammonjazeb@ucdavis.edu.
UC Davis Health · USDuke University · USUniversity Health Network · CA

Funding

Staff InvestigatorsP30CA093373 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI Laura Marcu · 2002 to 2026
$84.9M
MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007171 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI KONTOS, CHRISTOPHER D · 1985 to 2021
$31.2M
Advancing Cancer Therapy through Ground Breaking Research in Radiation BiologyR35CA197616 · NCI · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · PI David Guy Kirsch · 2016 to 2026
$10.7M
The Impact of Obesity on Radiotherapy Anti-Tumor EffectsR01CA240751 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI Arta Monir Monjazeb · 2022 to 2026
$2.9M
Dissecting the Role of Radiation in Regulation of MHC-I and Neoantigen PresentationF30CA268910 · NCI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SU, CHANG · 2022 to 2025
$156k
NCI NIH HHS F30 CA268910NCI NIH HHS P30 CA093373NCI NIH HHS R01 CA240751NCI NIH HHS R35 CA197616NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007171
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy has shifted the treatment paradigm for many types of cancer. Unfortunately, the most commonly used immunotherapies, such as immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI), have yielded limited benefit for most types of soft tissue sarcoma (STS). Radiotherapy (RT) is a mainstay of sarcoma therapy and can induce immune modulatory effects. Combining immunotherapy and RT in STS may be a promising strategy to improve sarcoma response to RT and increase the efficacy of immunotherapy. Most combination strategies have employed immunotherapies, such as ICI, that derepress immune suppressive networks. These have yielded only modest results, possibly due to the limited immune stimulatory effects of RT. Combining RT with immune stimulatory agents has yielded promising preclinical and clinical results but can be limited by the toxic nature of systemic administration of immune stimulants. Using intralesional immune stimulants may generate stronger RT immune modulation and less systemic toxicity, which may be a feasible strategy in accessible tumors such as STS. In this review, we summarize the immune modulatory effects of RT, the mechanism of action of various immune stimulants, including toll-like receptor agonists, and data for combinatorial strategies utilizing these agents.

Indexed as

SarcomaHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapyImmune Checkpoint Inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID38508788
PMCPMC11216412
OpenAlexW4392900131

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