Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21224346›Full record

ReviewCancer research2011

Physical oncology: a bench-to-bedside quantitative and predictive approach.

Hermann B Frieboes, Mark A J Chaplain, Alastair M Thompson, Elaine L Bearer, John S Lowengrub, Vittorio Cristini

Erratum issuedOpen access · bronzeAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Cancer research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 27 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Mathematical modeling of tumor-immune cell interactions.Journal of theoretical biology · 2019
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  7. A Visually Apparent and Quantifiable CT Imaging Feature Identifies Biophysical Subtypes of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2018
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  11. Model of vascular desmoplastic multispecies tumor growth.Journal of theoretical biology · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

  • Erratum issued
5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hermann B FrieboesDepartment of Bioengineering and James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40208, USA. hbfrie01@louisville.edu
Mark A J Chaplain
Alastair M Thompson
Elaine L Bearer
John S Lowengrub
Vittorio Cristini
University of New Mexico · USNinewells Hospital · GB

Funding

TRANS-NETWORK PROJECTSU54CA143907 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI NOLAN, GARRY P · 2009 to 2013
$15.2M
TRANS-NETWORK PROJECTSU54CA143837 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI FERRARI, MAURO · 2009 to 2014
$10.8M
The Core of the Computational BiologyU54CA149196 · NCI · METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI WONG, STEPHEN TC · 2010 to 2015
$10.6M
NCI NIH HHS 1U54CA143837-01NCI NIH HHS 1U54CA143907-01NCI NIH HHS 1U54CA149196NCI NIH HHS U54 CA143837NCI NIH HHS U54 CA143907NCI NIH HHS U54 CA149196
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer models relating basic science to clinical care in oncology may fail to address the nuances of tumor behavior and therapy, as in the case, discussed herein, of the complex multiscale dynamics leading to the often-observed enhanced invasiveness, paradoxically induced by the very antiangiogenic therapy designed to destroy the tumor. Studies would benefit from approaches that quantitatively link the multiple physical and temporal scales from molecule to tissue in order to offer outcome predictions for individual patients. Physical oncology is an approach that applies fundamental principles from the physical and biological sciences to explain certain cancer behaviors as observable characteristics arising from the underlying physical and biochemical events. For example, the transport of oxygen molecules through tissue affects phenotypic characteristics such as cell proliferation, apoptosis, and adhesion, which in turn underlie the patient-scale tumor growth and invasiveness. Our review of physical oncology illustrates how tumor behavior and treatment response may be a quantifiable function of marginally stable molecular and/or cellular conditions modulated by inhomogeneity. By incorporating patient-specific genomic, proteomic, metabolomic, and cellular data into multiscale physical models, physical oncology could complement current clinical practice through enhanced understanding of cancer behavior, thus potentially improving patient survival.

Indexed as

Models, BiologicalDiffusion of InnovationEvaluation Studies as TopicHumansMedical OncologyNeoplasmsPredictive Value of TestsTranslational Research, Biomedical

Identifiers

PMID21224346
PMCPMC3073485
OpenAlexW2026584798

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Registered trials

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