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ArticleBioinformation2025

Effect and safety of immune checkpoint inhibitors in metastatic lung cancer: A retrospective study.

Arvind Kumar, Arun Raja, Dipika Narayan

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Article in Bioinformation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Subcutaneous immunotherapy as a catalyst for decentralized, oncologist-led cancer care: a mixed-methods analysis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Arvind KumarDepartment of General Medicine & Medical oncology, Near Sudha Dairy, Bokaro General Hospital, Biada Housing Colony, Ritudih, Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand - 827012, India.
Arun RajaDepartment of General Medicine & Medical oncology, Near Sudha Dairy, Bokaro General Hospital, Biada Housing Colony, Ritudih, Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand - 827012, India.
Dipika NarayanDepartment of General Medicine, Bokaro General Hospital, Bokaro Steel City - 827004, Jharkhand, India.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer is a major global public health issue. Immune checkpoint inhibitors are increasingly used for managing advanced malignancies. However, their effect is limited by immune-related adverse events. Hence, a retrospective, single-institutional study found a 60% clinical benefit ratio among 30 patients receiving Immune checkpoint inhibitors therapy. Nonetheless, a small sample size, patient heterogeneity and retrospective design require further validation for more conclusive results.

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efficacyimmunotherapynivolumabNon-Small Cell Lung Cancerreal-life

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PMID40599928
PMCPMC12208271

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