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ReviewJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2026

DEA hypothesis: disinhibition, enhancing recognition, and alerting the host are the three pillars of effective cancer immunotherapy.

Xiao-Song Wang, Michael T Lotze

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Review in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Xiao-Song WangDepartment of Pathology, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA xiaosongw@pitt.edu lotzemt@upmc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2570-7139
Michael T LotzeDepartments of Surgery, Immunology, and Bioengineering, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA xiaosongw@pitt.edu lotzemt@upmc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3988-5419

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Why are clonal neoantigens paradoxically rare in established tumors? Why does tumor-associated antigen (TAA) burden inversely correlate with T-cell infiltration? Why do damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP)/danger signal-inducing interventions (messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), immunogenic chemotherapy) enhance checkpoint blockade activity in "cold" tumors? We propose the "DEA Hypothesis" to resolve these paradoxes: durable antitumor immunity for established tumors requires three convergent signals-(1)

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ImmunotherapyNeoplasmsAnimalsAntigens, NeoplasmHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunoediting, CancerAntigens, NeoplasmImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmune Checkpoint Inhibitor

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PMID42373132
PMCPMC13331086

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