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ReviewNature reviews. Clinical oncology2011

Tumor control versus adverse events with targeted anticancer therapies.

Dorothy M K Keefe, Emma H Bateman

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Review in Nature reviews. Clinical oncology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

40 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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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.

Dorothy M K KeefeMucositis Research Group, Discipline of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide, Level 4 East Wing, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia. dorothy.keefe@ health.sa.gov.au
Emma H Bateman

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The advent of targeted anticancer therapies over the past few decades has reinvigorated the field of cancer therapeutics, with the promise of increased cancer cure rates accompanied by decreased toxicity. But, has that promise been fulfilled? The short answer is definitely 'no', both because of disappointing tumor responses and unexpectedly high toxicity, as well as the extremely high financial cost of these agents. However, failing to completely fulfill initial promise does not mean that targeted therapies should be abandoned. Increased progression-free survival might ultimately lead to increased overall survival, and targeted therapies have changed the course of cancers such as breast, lung and renal. Therefore, we would argue that despite some disappointments, targeted therapies have a vital role in future cancer treatment. This Review will discuss the positives and negatives of targeted agents, and propose a way to optimize their use and development to ensure proper personalized cancer medicine that tailors not only the anticancer treatment, but also the antitoxicity strategies, to achieve the best outcome for the patient in terms of both quality and quantity of life.

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Precision MedicineClinical Trials as TopicHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyNeoplasms

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