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ReviewCancers2026

First-Line Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Older Patients with Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Dalila Incognito, Andrea D'Arienzo, Sergio Facchini, Chiara Barraco, Antonio Picone, Antonella Nicastro, Giuliana Ciappina, Giordana Di Mauro, Antonio Ieni, Massimiliano Berretta and 1 more

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Review in Cancers, 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

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Dalila IncognitoMedical Oncology Unit, Department of Human Pathology "G. Barresi", School of Specialization in Medical Oncology, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8943-2963
Andrea D'ArienzoOncology Unit, "Santa Maria Delle Grazie" Hospital, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy.ORCID 0009-0002-6435-8522
Sergio FacchiniExperimental Clinical Abdominal Oncology Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0684-6683
Chiara BarracoOncology Unit, "Santa Maria Delle Grazie" Hospital, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy.ORCID 0009-0004-9244-8263
Antonio PiconeDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0009-0006-0924-2163
Antonella NicastroOncology Unit, "Santa Maria Delle Grazie" Hospital, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy.ORCID 0009-0004-8598-0323
Giuliana CiappinaSection of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0813-3126
Giordana Di MauroMedical Oncology Unit, Department of Human Pathology "G. Barresi", School of Specialization in Medical Oncology, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy.
Antonio IeniDepartment of Human Pathology of Adult and Childhood "Gaetano Barresi", University of Messina, 98121 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2878-3572
Massimiliano BerrettaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9837-9148
Gaetano FacchiniOncology Unit, "Santa Maria Delle Grazie" Hospital, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Urothelial carcinoma predominantly affects older patients, who often exhibit frailty, comorbidities, renal impairment, and reduced physiological reserve. We evaluated overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) with first-line immune-based strategies in patients aged ≥65 years with advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma. The aim was to characterize treatment effects within this age-defined subgroup, not to determine whether age modifies treatment efficacy compared with younger patients.

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immunotherapymetastatic urothelial cancerolder patients

Identifiers

PMID42794891
PMCPMC13604697

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