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ReviewNature communications2026

Developing neoantigen cancer vaccines: where are we now?

Nune Markosyan, Robert H Vonderheide

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Review in Nature communications, 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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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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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

0 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

2 authors.

Nune MarkosyanDepartment of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. nune@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
Robert H VonderheideDepartment of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. rhv@upenn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7252-954X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The success of immunotherapies such as immune checkpoint blockade and engineered T-cells has demonstrated the immune system's anticancer potential. Although prophylactic vaccines against oncogenic viruses such as human papillomavirus prevent cancer by blocking infection, therapeutic vaccines targeting tumour-associated or tumour-specific antigens (TAAs/TSAs) have not reliably produced meaningful tumour regressions. Advances in DNA sequencing and computational pipelines for predicting individual, MHC-restricted neoantigens now enable personalized cancer vaccines (PCVs). By targeting neoantigens arising from somatic mutations, PCVs escape the central tolerance that limits anti-TAA vaccines. Multiple clinical trials have shown promise, but PCV design, delivery, and optimal disease settings require further refinement.

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Antigens, NeoplasmCancer VaccinesNeoplasmsVaccine DevelopmentAnimalsHumansImmunotherapyPrecision MedicineAntigens, NeoplasmCancer Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID42722679
PMCPMC13562517

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