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ReviewCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2024

A Review of Immunotherapy in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.

Mariana Pilon Capella, Steph A Pang, Marcos A Magalhaes, Khashayar Esfahani

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Review in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing 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

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. SHP-2 Expression Is a Positive Prognostic Biomarker in Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma: Association with KRAS Mutation and Prolonged Survival.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2026
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  7. Current and future immunotherapies for NSCLC.Journal of hematology & oncology · 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

4 authors.

Mariana Pilon CapellaDepartment of Oncology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9600-7690
Steph A PangDepartment of Oncology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6066-8083
Marcos A MagalhaesDepartment of Oncology, Hospital Beneficencia Portuguesa de Sao Paulo, São Paulo 01451-010, Brazil.
Khashayar EsfahaniDepartment of Oncology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer immunotherapy in the form of immune checkpoint inhibitors has led to a dramatic increase in the survival of patients with lung cancer across all stages. Over the past decade, the field has experienced rapid maturation; however, several challenges continue to complicate patient management. This review aims to highlight the data that led to this dramatic shift in practice as well as to focus on key challenges. These include determining the optimal therapy duration, managing frail patients or those with brain metastases, addressing the challenges posed by immune-related adverse events, and defining the various patterns of clinical and radiological responses to immunotherapy.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungImmunotherapyLung NeoplasmsHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsCTLA-4immunotherapynon-small-cell lung cancerPD-1squamous cell lung cancer

Identifiers

PMID38920741
PMCPMC11203112

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