Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21167377›Full record

ReviewSeminars in oncology2010

Parathyroid cancer.

John M Sharretts, Electron Kebebew, William F Simonds

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Review in Seminars in oncology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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51citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 114 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Case presentation of the smallest non-functional parathyroid carcinoma and review of the literature.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

John M SharrettsMetabolic Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892–1752, USA.
Electron Kebebew
William F Simonds
National Institutes of Health · USNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · US

Funding

Clinical Investigation of FIHP, Parathyroid Cancer & the HPT-JT SyndromeZIADK043012 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI SIMONDS, WILLIAM F · 2009 to 2025
$4.3M
Mechanism of Action of the HRPT2 Tumor Suppressor Gene Product ParafibrominZIADK043320 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI SIMONDS, WILLIAM F · 2009 to 2017
$4.0M
Mechanism of Action of the HRPT2 Tumor Suppressor Gene Product ParafibrominZ01DK043320 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI SIMONDS, WILLIAM F · 2007 to 2008
$680k
Investigation of Familial Isolated Hyperparathyroidism aZ01DK043012 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI SIMONDS, WILLIAM F · 2002 to 2008
$534k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 DK043012Intramural NIH HHS Z01 DK043320
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parathyroid cancer is an uncommon malignancy and rare cause of primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) with a high morbidity and patient death in advanced cases usually resulting from intractable hypercalcemia. Inactivation of the HRPT2/CDC73 gene, encoding the putative tumor-suppressor protein parafibromin and discovered in the context of the hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumor (HPT-JT) syndrome, is a common, somatic event in most parathyroid cancers. Approximately 25% of patients with apparently sporadic parathyroid cancer carry germline HRPT2/CDC73 mutation. Germline DNA analysis for HRPT2/CDC73 mutation is recommended in all patients with parathyroid cancer because of the potential benefit for first-degree relatives, who should nevertheless undergo serum calcium screening. The histopathologic diagnosis of parathyroid cancer is nonspecific unless vascular, lymphatic, capsular, or soft tissue invasion is seen, or metastases are clinically evident. Immunohistochemical analysis of parathyroid tumors for loss of parafibromin expression offers promise as a diagnostic tool. En bloc tumor resection offers the highest chance of cure in patients with suspected parathyroid carcinoma. No adjuvant chemotherapy regimen has yet proven effective, and the role of local adjuvant radiotherapy is being evaluated. Metastatic disease can be palliated with surgical debulking. Medical therapy with the calcimimetic cinacalcet and bisphosphonates can ameliorate hypercalcemia in patients with inoperable disease.

Indexed as

Biomarkers, TumorDisease ProgressionHumansHypercalcemiaMutationParathyroidectomyParathyroid NeoplasmsPrognosisTumor Suppressor ProteinsBiomarkers, TumorCDC73 protein, humanTumor Suppressor Proteins

Identifiers

PMID21167377
PMCPMC3059245
OpenAlexW4211236078

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