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. 2024 Jun 28;17(7):850. doi: 10.3390/ph17070850

Table 6.

Top 10 co-cited research articles regarding immunotherapy for brain metastases.

Rank Title First
Author
Institute (Country) Year Journal IF (2023) TLS Citations (Ref.)
1 Pembrolizumab for patients with melanoma or non-small-cell lung cancer and untreated brain metastases: early analysis of a non-randomized, open-label, phase 2 trial Sarah B Goldberg Yale School of
Medicine (USA)
2016 Lancet Oncol 51.1 4142 342 [29]
2 Ipilimumab in patients with melanoma and brain metastases: an open-label, phase 2 trial Kim
Margolin
Providence Saint John’s Health Center (USA) 2012 Lancet Oncol 51.1 4061 327 [40]
3 Combined Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in Melanoma Metastatic to the Brain Hussein A Tawbi University of Texas, MD Anderson
Cancer Center (USA)
2018 N Engl J Med 158.5 3309 291 [35]
4 Improved survival with ipilimumab in patients with metastatic melanoma F Stephen Hodi Dana–Farber Cancer Institute (USA) 2010 N Engl J Med 158.5 2972 264 [26]
5 Combination nivolumab and ipilimumab or nivolumab alone in melanoma brain metastases: a multicentre randomized phase 2 study Georgina V Long University of Sydney (Australia) 2018 Lancet Oncol 51.1 3005 246 [20]
6 Nivolumab versus Docetaxel in Advanced Nonsquamous Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Hossein Borghaei Fox Chase Cancer Center (USA) 2015 N Engl J Med 158.5 2260 226 [46]
7 Pembrolizumab versus Chemotherapy for PD-L1-Positive Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Martin Reck German Center of Lung Research
(Germany)
2016 N Engl J Med 158.5 2111 196 [38]
8 Stereotactic radiosurgery for melanoma brain metastases in patients receiving ipilimumab: safety profile and efficacy of combined treatment Kiess A.P Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (USA) 2015 Int J
Radiat Oncol Biol Phys
7.0 2633 178 [45]
9 Combined Nivolumab and Ipilimumab or Monotherapy in Untreated Melanoma Larkin J. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (USA) 2015 N Engl J Med 158.5 1839 161 [30]
10 Nivolumab versus Docetaxel in Advanced Squamous-Cell Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Brahmer Julie Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins (USA) 2015 N Engl J Med 158.5 1628 157 [47]

IF, Impact Factor; TLS, Total Link Strength.