Sun Zhongli, Liu Cun, Yao Yan, Gao Chundi, Li Huayao, Wang Longyun, Li Ye, Sun Changgang
College of First Clinical Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing Three Gorges Medical College, Chongqing, China.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2025 Mar 7;104(10):e41739. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000041739.
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive metastatic subtype of BC that frequently develops chemoresistance. Immune checkpoint blockers (ICB) have led to breakthroughs in TNBC treatment. This study aimed to explore research trends and public interest in ICB interventions for TNBC.
We searched the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database for publications related to ICB for TNBC from 2003 to 2024. VOSviewer, CiteSpace, and R package "bibliometrix" were used to analyze the characteristics of ICB publications in TNBC from a quantitative and qualitative perspective and to visualize the results to comprehensively present the research trends in this field.
After removing duplicates, 2698 publications were included. The New England Journal of Medicine may be the leading and influential in the field of ICB in TNBC according to data on the total number of publications, number of citations, and impact factors. Its article entitled "Atezolizumab and Nab-Paclitaxel in Advanced TNBC" is 1 of the most cited articles. Keyword analysis showed that current research hotspots in this field are tumor microenvironment, complete pathological response, neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and PARP inhibitors. Future research hotspots may include the PD-L1 inhibitor durvalumab and antibody-drug conjugates (ADC).
This study revealed that ICB therapy for TNBC is a rapidly evolving and high-profile topic. Future research should focus on the optimal selection of different targets for ICB in combination with neoadjuvant chemotherapy, ADC, and poly ADP-ribose polymerase inhibitors to treat TNBC.
三阴性乳腺癌(TNBC)是一种侵袭性转移性乳腺癌亚型,常出现化疗耐药。免疫检查点阻断剂(ICB)已在TNBC治疗中取得突破。本研究旨在探讨ICB干预TNBC的研究趋势和公众关注度。
我们在科学网核心合集(WoSCC)数据库中检索了2003年至2024年与ICB治疗TNBC相关的出版物。使用VOSviewer、CiteSpace和R包“bibliometrix”从定量和定性角度分析ICB治疗TNBC出版物的特征,并将结果可视化,以全面呈现该领域的研究趋势。
去除重复项后,纳入了2698篇出版物。根据出版物总数、被引次数和影响因子数据,《新英格兰医学杂志》可能是TNBC领域ICB方面的领先且有影响力的期刊。其题为《阿特珠单抗和纳米白蛋白紫杉醇治疗晚期TNBC》的文章是被引次数最多的文章之一。关键词分析表明,该领域当前的研究热点是肿瘤微环境、完全病理缓解、新辅助化疗和PARP抑制剂。未来的研究热点可能包括PD-L1抑制剂度伐利尤单抗和抗体药物偶联物(ADC)。
本研究表明,ICB治疗TNBC是一个快速发展且备受关注的话题。未来的研究应聚焦于ICB不同靶点与新辅助化疗、ADC及聚ADP-核糖聚合酶抑制剂联合治疗TNBC的最佳选择。