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ReviewJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2025

SITC strategic vision: prevention, premalignant immunity, host and environmental factors.

Sasha E Stanton, Kristin G Anderson, Tullia C Bruno, Christian M Capitini, Mary L Disis, Jennifer McQuade, Laszlo Radvanyi, Claire Vanpouille-Box, Jennifer Wargo, Kelly J Baines and 6 more

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Review in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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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

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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Sasha E StantonEarle A Chiles Research Institute, Providence Cancer Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA Sasha.Stanton@providence.org Saman.MalekiVareki@lhsc.on.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4300-551X
Kristin G AndersonDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research and the University of Virginia Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, UK.
Tullia C BrunoDepartment of Immunology, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Christian M CapitiniDepartment of Pediatrics and Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2276-6731
Mary L DisisUW Medicine Cancer Vaccine Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Jennifer McQuadeDepartment of Melanoma Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Laszlo RadvanyiOntario Institute for Cancer Research and Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Claire Vanpouille-BoxDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7213-0670
Jennifer WargoDepartments of Surgical Oncology and Genomic Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Kelly J BainesDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Megan M Y HongDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Adnan RajehDepartment of Oncology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Raymond H KimOntario Institute for Cancer Research and Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Phillip AwadallaOntario Institute for Cancer Research and Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Lauren K HughesOntario Institute for Cancer Research and Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Saman Maleki VarekiDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada Sasha.Stanton@providence.org Saman.MalekiVareki@lhsc.on.ca.

Funding

Engineering T cells to overcome inhibitory receptor signals that limit the efficacy of adoptive cell therapy against ovarian cancerK22CA266737 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI ANDERSON, KRISTIN GAIL · 2023 to 2025
$566k
NCI NIH HHS K22 CA266737
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer immunotherapy has improved the survival of a subset of patients by harnessing the power of the immune system to find and destroy malignant cells. The immune system also protects the host by destroying developing premalignant and malignant tumors. Advancing our knowledge of premalignant immunity and immune changes seen in lesions that develop into invasive cancer versus those that regress offers an exciting opportunity to leverage the immune system for immune prevention and immune interception of premalignancy. Understanding the immune environment of premalignant lesions and how chronic inflammation plays a central role in the evolution of premalignancy is essential for developing effective immunoprevention and immune interceptions. Factors such as host genomics and environmental factors that affect premalignant immunity and the outcome of advanced cancers are equally important in determining the response to immunotherapy. The broad use of antibiotics and factors such as obesity can disrupt a healthy gut microbiome and drive chronic inflammation that suppresses preventive immunity or the antitumor immune response required for successful immunotherapy in advanced cancers. Modifiable lifestyle factors such as diet, obesity, smoking, and stress should be considered in designing immune prevention and interception studies, as well as for patients who receive immunotherapy for advanced cancer treatment. Other factors, such as the overall immune health of patients and existing comorbidities, affect both premalignant immunity and response to immunotherapy and, therefore, should be considered in managing patients with or without cancer. The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer previously developed an overarching manuscript regarding the challenges and opportunities that exist in cancer immunotherapy, and this manuscript serves as an in-depth follow-up regarding the topics of premalignant immunity, immune interception, and immunoprevention, and the impact of the host on responding to immunotherapy.

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ImmunotherapyNeoplasmsPrecancerous ConditionsHumansEducationGenomeInflammationTumor microenvironment - TMEVaccine

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PMID40154956
PMCPMC11956356

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