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ReviewFrontiers in medicine2025

The microbiome as a therapeutic co-driver in melanoma immuno-oncology.

Jhommara Bautista, Jaime Andrés Villegas-Chávez, Doménica Bunces-Larco, Rafael Martín-Aguilera, Andrés López-Cortés

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Review in Frontiers in medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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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

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

5 authors.

Jhommara BautistaCancer Research Group (CRG), Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador.
Jaime Andrés Villegas-ChávezEsticca Medical Center, Medicina Estética Especializada, Quito, Ecuador.
Doménica Bunces-LarcoEsticca Medical Center, Medicina Estética Especializada, Quito, Ecuador.
Rafael Martín-AguileraDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain.
Andrés López-CortésCancer Research Group (CRG), Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melanoma, one of the most aggressive skin cancers, remains a major clinical challenge due to its high metastatic potential, therapy resistance, and rising global incidence. Although immune checkpoint inhibitors have transformed management, variable responses and acquired resistance limit durable benefit. Emerging evidence positions the microbiome as a pivotal determinant of melanoma biology and therapeutic outcomes. Dysbiosis in the skin, gut, and oral compartments fosters tumor-promoting inflammation, immune evasion, and oncogenic signaling, whereas enrichment of specific commensals, such as

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Akkermansia muciniphilaantigen presentationdysbiosiseffector T cell activityFaecalibacterium prausnitziiimmune checkpoint inhibitorsmelanomamicrobiome

Identifiers

PMID41030253
PMCPMC12477143

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