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ReviewJournal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR2021

The immunomodulatory effects of endocrine therapy in breast cancer.

Huanhuan Huang, Jun Zhou, Hailong Chen, Jiaxin Li, Chao Zhang, Xia Jiang, Chao Ni

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Review in Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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48citing papers in PubMed
8.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Huanhuan HuangDepartment of Breast Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310009, Hangzhou, China.
Jun ZhouDepartment of Breast Surgery, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310006, Hangzhou, China.
Hailong ChenDepartment of Breast Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310009, Hangzhou, China.
Jiaxin LiDepartment of Breast Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310009, Hangzhou, China.
Chao ZhangDepartment of Anatomy School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310058, Hangzhou, China.
Xia JiangSchool of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610064, China. xia.jiang@ki.se.
Chao NiDepartment of Breast Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310009, Hangzhou, China. nicaho428@zju.edu.cn.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University · CNHangzhou First People's Hospital · CNSichuan University · CNZhejiang University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81502463National Natural Science Foundation of China 81773065National Natural Science Foundation of China (CN) 81800024Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province LR19H160001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endocrine therapies with SERMs (selective estrogen receptor modulators) or SERDs (selective estrogen receptor downregulators) are standard therapies for patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer. Multiple small molecule inhibitors targeting the PI3K-AKT-mTOR pathway or CDK4/6 have been developed to be used in combination with anti-estrogen drugs to overcome endocrine resistance. In addition to their direct antitumor effects, accumulating evidence has revealed the tumor immune microenvironment (TIM)-modulating effects of these therapeutic strategies, which have not been properly acknowledged previously. The immune microenvironment of breast tumors plays a crucial role in tumor development, metastasis and treatment response to endocrine therapy and immunotherapy. Therefore, in our current work, we comprehensively review the immunomodulatory effect of endocrine therapy and discuss its potential applications in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors in breast cancer treatment.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic Agents, HormonalBreast NeoplasmsFemaleHumansPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktAntineoplastic Agents, HormonalPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktBreast cancerCDK4/6Endocrine therapyPI3K-AKT-mTOR pathwayTumor immune microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID33413549
PMCPMC7792133
OpenAlexW3121062648

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