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ReviewCurrent oncology reports2026

Revisiting the Immune Frontier in Soft Tissue Sarcomas.

Nadeem Bilani, Nourhane Al Akoum, Rusul Al-Marayaty, Sarah Orlando, Borislav Alexiev, Pedro Hermida de Viveiros, Seth M Pollack

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Review in Current oncology reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Nadeem BilaniNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7335-9319
Nourhane Al AkoumNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6640-1427
Rusul Al-MarayatyMedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, 20010, USA.
Sarah OrlandoMedical Oncology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio- Medico, Roma, 00128, Italy.
Borislav AlexievNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Pedro Hermida de ViveirosNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA. Pedro.hermida-de-viveiros4@nm.org.
Seth M PollackNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA. seth.pollack@northwestern.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2466-0607

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewSoft tissue sarcomas (STS) comprise a heterogeneous group of mesenchymal malignancies with limited treatment options and poor outcomes in the advanced setting. Although immune checkpoint inhibitors have transformed the management of many solid tumors, their efficacy in STS has been modest and strongly histology dependent. This review aims to synthesize recent advances in immuno-oncology as applied to STS and to highlight emerging strategies that may overcome resistance and improve patient outcomes. RECENT

findingsThus far, clinically meaningful activity of immune checkpoint inhibitors has been identified select STS subtypes, including undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, angiosarcoma, and alveolar soft part sarcoma. Combination approaches incorporating immune checkpoint inhibitors with chemotherapy, radiation, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, or novel immune modulators have shown enhanced antitumor activity in early-phase and randomized trials. In parallel, engineered T-cell therapies targeting cancer-testis antigens have emerged as a standard-of-care option in synovial sarcoma and are being expanded to other histologies. Finally, advances in tumor microenvironment characterization, including the role of tertiary lymphoid structures and myeloid modulation, are refining patient selection and informing rational trial design. Immunotherapy continues to reshape the therapeutic landscape of soft tissue sarcoma. While immune checkpoint blockade alone benefits only a subset of patients, rational combination strategies and cellular therapies offer promising avenues to broaden clinical efficacy. Continued integration of biomarker-driven approaches, translational correlative studies, and histology-specific trial designs will be essential to fully realize the potential of immunotherapy in STS.

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Immune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapySarcomaHumansTumor MicroenvironmentImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsForward-looking perspectiveHistology-specific responsesImmuno-oncologyImmunotherapeutic strategiesOutcomesPhase I–III clinical trialsSoft tissue sarcoma (STS)Trial design and therapeutic development

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PMCPMC12996021

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