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ReviewVaccines2025

Prospects and Challenges of Lung Cancer Vaccines.

Zhen Lin, Zegang Chen, Lijiao Pei, Yueyun Chen, Zhenyu Ding

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Review in Vaccines, 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 6 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Zhen LinDepartment of Biotherapy, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Zegang ChenDepartment of Oncology, Chongqing Liangping District People's Hospital, Liangping, Chongqing 405200, China.
Lijiao PeiDepartment of Biotherapy, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Yueyun ChenDepartment of Biotherapy, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Zhenyu DingDepartment of Biotherapy, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lung cancer remains one of the most prevalent and lethal malignancies worldwide. Although conventional treatments such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy have modestly improved patient survival, their overall efficacy remains limited, and the prognosis is generally poor. In recent years, immunotherapy, particularly immune checkpoint inhibitors, has revolutionized cancer treatment. Nevertheless, the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, tumor heterogeneity, and immune escape mechanisms significantly restrict the clinical benefit, which falls short of expectations. Within this context, cancer vaccines have emerged as a promising immunotherapeutic strategy. By activating the host immune system to eliminate tumor cells, cancer vaccines offer high specificity, low toxicity, and the potential to induce long-lasting immune memory. These advantages have positioned them as a focal point in cancer immunotherapy research. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of recent clinical advances in lung cancer vaccines, discusses the major challenges impeding their clinical application, and explores potential strategies to overcome these barriers.

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cancer vaccinesimmunotherapylung cancer

Identifiers

PMID40872921
PMCPMC12390580

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