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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2024

Sex differences in cancer and immunotherapy outcomes: the role of androgen receptor.

Junzhe Zhao, Qian Wang, Alexandra F Tan, Celestine Jia Ling Loh, Han Chong Toh

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Junzhe Zhao *Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
Qian Wang *Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Alexandra F TanImperial College School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Celestine Jia Ling LohDuke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
Han Chong TohDivision of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Across the wide range of clinical conditions, there exists a sex imbalance where biological females are more prone to autoimmune diseases and males to some cancers. These discrepancies are the combinatory consequence of lifestyle and environmental factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity, and oncogenic viruses, as well as other intrinsic biological traits including sex chromosomes and sex hormones. While the emergence of immuno-oncology (I/O) has revolutionised cancer care, the efficacy across multiple cancers may be limited because of a complex, dynamic interplay between the tumour and its microenvironment (TME). Indeed, sex and gender can also influence the varying effectiveness of I/O. Androgen receptor (AR) plays an important role in tumorigenesis and in shaping the TME. Here, we lay out the epidemiological context of sex disparity in cancer and then review the current literature on how AR signalling contributes to such observation via altered tumour development and immunology. We offer insights into AR-mediated immunosuppressive mechanisms, with the hope of translating preclinical and clinical evidence in gender oncology into improved outcomes in personalised, I/O-based cancer care.

Indexed as

ImmunotherapyNeoplasmsReceptors, AndrogenTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsFemaleHumansMaleSex FactorsSignal TransductionTreatment OutcomeAR protein, humanReceptors, Androgenandrogen receptorgender oncologyimmunotherapysextumour microenvironment

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PMID38863718
PMCPMC11165033

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