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ReviewNature reviews. Cancer2011

Targeting hypoxia in cancer therapy.

William R Wilson, Michael P Hay

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Cancer, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04106856 (SHAPER), which is not on this map. Cited by 1,369 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1,369citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
51.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT04106856 phase1completednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

SHAPER: A Phase 1 Study of Losartan and Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy After Induction Chemotherapy for Borderline Resectable or Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of UtahRan2019 to 2026Enrolled22ConditionsBorderline Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Locally Advanced Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Locally Advanced Unresectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Stage II Pancreatic Cancer AJCC v8ArmsHypofractionated Radiation Therapy, Losartan, Losartan Potassium
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1,369 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 3,147 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

William R WilsonAuckland Cancer Society Research Centre, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. wr.wilson@auckland.ac.nz
Michael P Hay
Cancer Society of New Zealand · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypoxia is a feature of most tumours, albeit with variable incidence and severity within a given patient population. It is a negative prognostic and predictive factor owing to its multiple contributions to chemoresistance, radioresistance, angiogenesis, vasculogenesis, invasiveness, metastasis, resistance to cell death, altered metabolism and genomic instability. Given its central role in tumour progression and resistance to therapy, tumour hypoxia might well be considered the best validated target that has yet to be exploited in oncology. However, despite an explosion of information on hypoxia, there are still major questions to be addressed if the long-standing goal of exploiting tumour hypoxia is to be realized. Here, we review the two main approaches, namely bioreductive prodrugs and inhibitors of molecular targets upon which hypoxic cell survival depends. We address the particular challenges and opportunities these overlapping strategies present, and discuss the central importance of emerging diagnostic tools for patient stratification in targeting hypoxia.

Indexed as

Cell HypoxiaAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkers, TumorHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyNeoplasmsProdrugsPrognosisReactive Oxygen SpeciesAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkers, TumorProdrugsReactive Oxygen Species

Identifiers

PMID21606941
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