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ReviewThe Journal of pathology2026

Ineffectiveness of immune checkpoint inhibitors in prostate cancer: is it just a question of '-mabs'?

Giuseppe Schepisi, Irene Torresan, Emilio Francesco Giunta, Sara Bleve, Nicole Brighi, Elisa Tassinari, Sofia Zanuccoli, Maria Concetta Cursano, Cristian Lolli

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Review in The Journal of pathology, 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Giuseppe SchepisiDepartment of Oncology, Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori 'Dino Amadori' (IRST) IRCCS - Meldola (FC), Meldola, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9973-4869
Irene TorresanDepartment of Oncology, Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori 'Dino Amadori' (IRST) IRCCS - Meldola (FC), Meldola, Italy.
Emilio Francesco GiuntaDepartment of Oncology, Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori 'Dino Amadori' (IRST) IRCCS - Meldola (FC), Meldola, Italy.
Sara BleveDepartment of Oncology, Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori 'Dino Amadori' (IRST) IRCCS - Meldola (FC), Meldola, Italy.
Nicole BrighiDepartment of Oncology, Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori 'Dino Amadori' (IRST) IRCCS - Meldola (FC), Meldola, Italy.
Elisa TassinariDepartment of Oncology, Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori 'Dino Amadori' (IRST) IRCCS - Meldola (FC), Meldola, Italy.
Sofia ZanuccoliDepartment of Oncology, Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori 'Dino Amadori' (IRST) IRCCS - Meldola (FC), Meldola, Italy.
Maria Concetta CursanoDepartment of Oncology, Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori 'Dino Amadori' (IRST) IRCCS - Meldola (FC), Meldola, Italy.
Cristian LolliDepartment of Oncology, Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori 'Dino Amadori' (IRST) IRCCS - Meldola (FC), Meldola, Italy.

Funding

Italian Ministry of Health
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common type of neoplasm, currently treated with a variety of therapeutic agents. Although advances in treatment over the past decade have improved overall survival, patients with advanced PCa eventually progress from hormone-sensitive PCa to metastatic castration-resistant PCa. For this reason, other therapeutic strategies, including immunotherapy, are being investigated. Despite initial enthusiasm, these approaches have not yet produced significant improvements in either progression free survival or overall survival. Several factors may have contributed to the consistently disappointing results of immune checkpoint inhibitors in PCa, despite their more successful results in other tumor types. In this review, we discuss the potential reasons for these disappointing clinical results. © 2026 The Author(s). The Journal of Pathology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsProstatic NeoplasmsHumansImmunotherapyMaleAntibodies, MonoclonalImmune Checkpoint Inhibitorsimmune checkpoint inhibitorsimmunosuppressive factorsimmunotherapyprostate cancer

Identifiers

PMID42420213
PMCPMC13576858

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