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ReviewInternational journal of clinical oncology2010

Current status of molecularly targeted therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: basic science.

Shinji Tanaka, Shigeki Arii

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Review in International journal of clinical oncology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. New progress of non-surgical treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2013
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shinji TanakaDepartment of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan. shinji.msrg@tmd.ac.jp
Shigeki Arii
Tokyo Medical and Dental University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conventional systemic chemotherapy has been developed with so-called anti-cancer agents, essentially screened for cytotoxicity to cultured cancer cells. However, in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the role of chemotherapy is quite limited because most anti-cancer agents are ineffective and relatively toxic to HCC patients with chronic liver diseases. On the other hand, accumulated understanding of the molecular mechanisms regulating cancer progression has led to novel development of molecularly targeted therapies with cytostatic agents. Recently, a phase III clinical trial revealed a multi-kinase inhibitor, Sorafenib, as the first agent leading to improved overall survival of patients with advanced HCC. A new era of HCC treatment has arrived, based on identification of deranged signaling pathways of cancer cells or their microenvironment. This review summarizes the molecular hallmarks of HCC with a focus on angiogenesis, growth signals, and mitotic stress, and a novel concept "synthetic lethality" for the targeted therapy strategy.

Indexed as

Angiogenesis InhibitorsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCarcinoma, HepatocellularCell ProliferationHumansLiver NeoplasmsMitosisNeovascularization, PathologicProtein Kinase InhibitorsSignal TransductionAngiogenesis InhibitorsAntineoplastic AgentsProtein Kinase Inhibitors

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PMID20505971
OpenAlexW2083115397

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