Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40723208›Full record

ReviewCancers2025

Vaccinia Virus-A Swiss Army Knife Against Cancer.

Marcin Stawowczyk, Yanqi Ye, Nanhai G Chen

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Review in Cancers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 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

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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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.

Marcin StawowczykViroMissile, Inc., 505 Coast Blvd South, Suite 208, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Yanqi YeViroMissile, Inc., 505 Coast Blvd South, Suite 208, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Nanhai G ChenViroMissile, Inc., 505 Coast Blvd South, Suite 208, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0783-2665

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite significant advances in cancer therapy, the prognosis for patients with advanced, disseminated disease remains poor. This underscores the urgent need for novel treatments that not only eliminate tumor cells effectively but also stimulate a strong, durable anti-cancer immune response. Among emerging strategies, oncolytic viruses have shown exceptional promise due to their selective cytotoxicity and their ability to activate T cell-mediated immune responses. In this review, we focus on the vaccinia virus (VACV), a member of the

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cancerimmunotherapyoncologyoncolytic virusvacciniavirotherapy

Identifiers

PMID40723208
PMCPMC12293100

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