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ReviewOncology and therapy2024

A Narrative Review of the Clinical, Humanistic, and Economic Value of Pembrolizumab-Based Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Breast and Gynecologic Cancers.

Matthew J Monberg, Steve Keefe, Vassiliki Karantza, Konstantinos Tryfonidis, Sarper Toker, Jaime Mejia, Robert Orlowski, Amin Haiderali, Vimalanand S Prabhu, Gursel Aktan

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Review in Oncology and therapy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Evaluating Radiotheranostic Targets for Endometrial Cancer.Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Matthew J MonbergMerck & Co., Inc., 2025 E Scott Ave, Rahway, NJ, 07065, USA. matthew.monberg@merck.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-7462-4782
Steve KeefeMerck & Co., Inc., 2025 E Scott Ave, Rahway, NJ, 07065, USA.
Vassiliki KarantzaMerck & Co., Inc., 2025 E Scott Ave, Rahway, NJ, 07065, USA.
Konstantinos TryfonidisMerck & Co., Inc., 2025 E Scott Ave, Rahway, NJ, 07065, USA.
Sarper TokerMerck & Co., Inc., 2025 E Scott Ave, Rahway, NJ, 07065, USA.
Jaime MejiaMerck & Co., Inc., 2025 E Scott Ave, Rahway, NJ, 07065, USA.
Robert OrlowskiMerck & Co., Inc., 2025 E Scott Ave, Rahway, NJ, 07065, USA.
Amin HaideraliMerck & Co., Inc., 2025 E Scott Ave, Rahway, NJ, 07065, USA.
Vimalanand S PrabhuMerck & Co., Inc., 2025 E Scott Ave, Rahway, NJ, 07065, USA.
Gursel AktanMerck & Co., Inc., 2025 E Scott Ave, Rahway, NJ, 07065, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast and gynecologic cancers are common across the world and are associated with substantial societal and economic burden. Pembrolizumab was among the first immune checkpoint inhibitors targeting programmed cell death protein 1 to be approved for the treatment of patients with triple-negative breast cancer, cervical cancer, and endometrial cancer. Recent clinical trials have established pembrolizumab regimens as a standard of care treatment for these tumor types. Clinical data are further supported by patient-reported outcome, cost-effectiveness, and real-world evidence. Pembrolizumab monotherapy and combination regimens do not negatively influence health-related quality of life and are cost-effective relative to comparators. Ongoing phase 3 studies with pembrolizumab will expand the current understanding of its use in breast and gynecologic cancers. Several of these studies are in patients with early-stage disease with the hope of curing patients. The main objective of this review is to summarize the clinical, humanistic, and economic value of pembrolizumab in these settings and to describe the future challenges for patients, caregivers, clinicians, and payers.

Indexed as

Breast cancerCervical cancerCost-effectiveness analysis (health services research)Ovarian cancerPatient-reported outcomes (quality of life)Uterine cancer

Identifiers

PMID39453600
PMCPMC11573950

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