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SynthesisJournal of cancer research and clinical oncology2025

Combinations of treatments based on radiotherapy or radionuclides to enhance immunotherapy efficacy in advanced prostate cancer: a systematic review.

Roberto Rosenfeld, Stefano Sganga, Marco Badalamenti, Sveva Mortellaro, Marta Scorsetti, Ornella Garrone, Giovanni Maria Iannantuono, Elias Chandran, Michele Ghidini, Ciro Franzese

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Synthesis in Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Roberto Rosenfeld *Precision Medicine In Senology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Stefano Sganga *Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical Oncology Department, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, IT, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Marco BadalamentiDepartment of Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery, Humanitas Research Center-IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
Sveva MortellaroPostgraduate School in Radiodiagnostics, Università Degli Studi Di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Marta ScorsettiDepartment of Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery, Humanitas Research Center-IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
Ornella GarroneOncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Sforza 28, 20122, Milan, Italy.
Giovanni Maria IannantuonoPhase 1 Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Istituto Di Ricovero E Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Rome, Italy.
Elias ChandranGenitourinary Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Michele GhidiniOncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Sforza 28, 20122, Milan, Italy. michele.ghidini@policlinico.mi.it.
Ciro FranzeseDepartment of Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery, Humanitas Research Center-IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundProstate cancer (PCa) has been considered an immunologically "cold tumor". Indeed, in advanced PCa, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) or anti-tumor vaccines have shown poor results in phase II and phase III trials with the exception of sipuleucel-T that showed a modest survival benefit. Radiotherapy and Targeted radioisotopes, such as

objectiveAim of this systematic review was to gather and analyze clinical evidence about benefits and risks of combining ionizing-radiation-based treatments with the main immunotherapies administed in clinical and experimental oncology for the setting of metastatic PCa.

methodsWe performed a systematic review according to the PRISMA-ScR criteria, investigating PubMed, Web of science, Embase and Medline databases from February 2000 to April 2024, searching for phase I to phase III clinical trials associating radiotherapy with immunotherapy (RT/IT) in metastatic PCa patients.

conclusionWe observed that combination of Ipilimumab with stereotactic beam radiotherapy (SBRT) at the dose of 8 Gy performed about 12 days (range 2-21) before immunotherapy was liked with trials with a significative gain in progression-free survival. Furtherly, we described better objective responses when immunotherapies, were associated with SBRT than radionuclides An exception was

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ImmunotherapyProstatic NeoplasmsRadioisotopesCombined Modality TherapyHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsMaleImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsRadioisotopesAbscopal effectAdvanced prostate cancerImmunotherapyRadionuclidesRadiotherapy

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PMCPMC12185560

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