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ReviewNPJ precision oncology2025

Progress in personalized immunotherapy for patients with brain metastasis.

Lalit Patel, Nikola Kolundzic, Malak Abedalthagafi

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Review in NPJ precision oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 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.

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

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Outcomes in long-term survivors treated with stereotactic cranial radiotherapy for brain metastases.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 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

3 authors.

Lalit PatelDepartment of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Nikola KolundzicDepartment of Women & Children's Health, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
Malak AbedalthagafiDepartment of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA. Malak.althgafi@emory.edu.

Funding

Emory University Emory Radiology-Pathology-Informatics Seed Grant Award Project 00128909, and Project 00131546 (M.A).
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain metastasis leads to poor outcomes and CNS injury, significantly reducing quality of life and survival rates. Advances in understanding the tumor immune microenvironment have revealed the promise of immunotherapies, which, alongside surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, offer improved survival for some patients. However, resistance to immunotherapy remains a critical challenge. This review explores the immune landscape of brain metastases, current therapies, clinical trials, and the need for personalized, biomarker-driven approaches to optimize outcomes.

Identifiers

PMID39880875
PMCPMC11779815

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