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ReviewLangenbeck's archives of surgery2012

The molecular basis of chemoradiosensitivity in rectal cancer: implications for personalized therapies.

Marian Grade, Hendrik A Wolff, Jochen Gaedcke, B Michael Ghadimi

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Review in Langenbeck's archives of surgery, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. KRASCellular & molecular biology letters · 2026
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  5. Multimodal Treatment of Rectal Cancer.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2022
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  12. [Evidence-based surgery of rectal cancer].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2019
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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

4 authors.

Marian GradeDepartment of General and Visceral Surgery, University Medical Center Göttingen, Robert-Koch Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany. mgrade@uni-goettingen.de
Hendrik A Wolff
Jochen Gaedcke
B Michael Ghadimi

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionPreoperative chemoradiotherapy represents the standard treatment for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. Unfortunately, the response of individual tumors to multimodal treatment is not uniform and ranges from complete response to complete resistance. This poses a particular problem for patients with a priori resistant tumors because they may be exposed to irradiation and chemotherapy, treatment regimens that are both expensive and at times toxic, without benefit. Accordingly, there is a strong need to establish molecular biomarkers that predict the response of an individual patient's tumor to multimodal treatment and that indicate treatment-associated toxicities prior to therapy. Such biomarkers may guide clinicians in choosing the best possible treatment for each individual patient. In addition, these biomarkers could be used to identify novel molecular targets and thereby assist in implementing novel strategies to sensitize a priori resistant tumors to multimodal treatment regimens.

objectiveThe aim of this review is to summarize recent findings about the molecular basis of treatment resistance and treatment toxicity in patients with rectal cancer. Whole-genome, as well as single-biomarker or multibiomarker, analyses and their potential implications will be highlighted. At the end, we will outline a future vision of rectal cancer treatment in the era of personalized medicine.

Indexed as

Precision MedicineBiomarkers, TumorChemoradiotherapyCombined Modality TherapyDNA DamageDNA RepairDrug Resistance, NeoplasmGene Expression ProfilingGenetic VariationHumansNeoadjuvant TherapyPrognosisRadiation ToleranceRectal NeoplasmsSurvival RateBiomarkers, Tumor

Identifiers

PMID22382702
PMCPMC3314820

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