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ReviewImmunotherapy2025

Immune checkpoint inhibitors in gynecological cancers: a narrative review on the practice-changing trials.

Cecilia Nasso, Silvia Puglisi, Sara Elena Rebuzzi, Veronica Errigo, Francesca Rosa, Ilaria Chiola, Caterina Lazzari, Yuri Musizzano, Ezio Venturino, Alessandro Gastaldo and 4 more

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Review in Immunotherapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. Epigenetic regulation in gynecological cancers: a paradigm shift in immunotherapy strategies.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2025
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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

14 authors.

Cecilia NassoMedical Oncology Unit, Ospedale Santa Corona, Pietra Ligure, Italy.
Silvia PuglisiMedical Oncology Unit 1, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico, San Martino, Italy.
Sara Elena RebuzziMedical Oncology Unit, Ospedale San Paolo, Savona, Italy.
Veronica ErrigoAnatomical Pathology Unit, Ospedale San Paolo, Savona, Italy.
Francesca RosaDiagnostic Imaging Department, Ospedale San Paolo, Savona, Italy.
Ilaria ChiolaRadiotherapy Unit, Ospedale San Paolo, Savona, Italy.
Caterina LazzariObstetrics and Gynecology Unit, Ospedale San Paolo, Savona, Italy.
Yuri MusizzanoAnatomical Pathology Unit, Ospedale San Paolo, Savona, Italy.
Ezio VenturinoAnatomical Pathology Unit, Ospedale San Paolo, Savona, Italy.
Alessandro GastaldoDiagnostic Imaging Department, Ospedale San Paolo, Savona, Italy.
Caterina SiccardiRadiotherapy Unit, Ospedale San Paolo, Savona, Italy.
Eugenio Oreste VolpiObstetrics and Gynecology Unit, Ospedale San Paolo, Savona, Italy.
Serafina MammolitiMedical Oncology Unit 1, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico, San Martino, Italy.
Marco BenassoMedical Oncology Unit, Ospedale Santa Corona, Pietra Ligure, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the last decades, the introduction of immune checkpoint inhibitors has radically changed the treatment landscape of several cancer types, improving the prognosis and the quality of life of cancer patients. Even for gynecological cancers, where the prognosis has historically been poor despite advancements in surgery, radiotherapy and oncological treatment, immunotherapy has represented a significant leap forward. In cervical and endometrial cancer, the introduction of immunotherapy has radically changed the treatment algorithm, especially for advanced disease. However, the scenario remains less promising for ovarian cancer, where, despite extensive research efforts, no consistent positive results have been achieved with immune checkpoint inhibitors, except for a few cases in rarer histological subtypes Here, we present a narrative review summarizing the most important practice-changing studies involving immune checkpoint inhibitors in gynecological cancers, particularly in cervical, endometrial, ovarian and vulvar cancer.

Indexed as

Genital Neoplasms, FemaleImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapyClinical Trials as TopicFemaleHumansImmune Checkpoint Inhibitorsanticancer treatmentcervicalendometrialgynecological cancerImmunotherapyovarian cancerPD1PDL1

Identifiers

PMID39893504
PMCPMC11834418

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