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ReviewCancer cell international2025

Progress of PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer.

Hongshu Li, Ying Chang, Tiefeng Jin, Meihua Zhang

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Review in Cancer cell international, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

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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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Hongshu LiDepartment of Pathology and Cancer Research Center, Yanbian University Medical College, Gong Yuan Road No. 977, Yanji, 133002, P. R. China.
Ying ChangDepartment of Pathology and Cancer Research Center, Yanbian University Medical College, Gong Yuan Road No. 977, Yanji, 133002, P. R. China.
Tiefeng JinDepartment of Pathology and Cancer Research Center, Yanbian University Medical College, Gong Yuan Road No. 977, Yanji, 133002, P. R. China. jintf@ybu.edu.cn.
Meihua ZhangDepartment of Ultrasound Medicine, Yanbian University Hospital, Yanji, 133000, P. R. China. zhangmeihua@ybu.edu.cn.

Funding

Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Department Fund YDZJ202201ZYTS179Jilin Provincial Science and Technology Department Fund YDZJ202301ZYTS131National Natural Science Foundation of China 81960554
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly heterogeneous cancer with substantial recurrence potential. Currently, surgery and chemotherapy are the main treatments for this disease. However, chemotherapy is often limited by several factors, including low bioavailability, significant systemic toxicity, inadequate targeting, and multidrug resistance. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), including those targeting programmed death protein-1 (PD-1) and its ligand (PD-L1), have been proven effective in the treatment of various tumours. In particular, in the treatment of TNBC with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors, both monotherapy and combination chemotherapy, as well as targeted drugs and other therapeutic strategies, have broad therapeutic prospects. In addition, these inhibitors can participate in the tumour immune microenvironment (TIME) through blocking PD-1/PD-L1 binding, which can improve immune efficacy. This article provides an overview of the use of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in the treatment of TNBC and the progress of multiple therapeutic studies. To increase the survival of TNBC patients, relevant biomarkers for predicting the efficacy of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor therapy have been explored to identify new strategies for the treatment of TNBC.

Indexed as

BiomarkerImmunotherapyPD-1 inhibitorsPD-L1 inhibitorsTriple-negative breast cancer

Identifiers

PMID40211301
PMCPMC11987362

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