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ReviewNature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology2012

New biomarkers and targets in pancreatic cancer and their application to treatment.

Eithne Costello, William Greenhalf, John P Neoptolemos

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Review in Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 113 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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113citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
9.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

113 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 193 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The microRNA-375 as a potentially promising biomarker to predict the prognosis of patients with head and neck or esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a meta-analysis.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 · 2019
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  2. Identification of circulating MicroRNAs as novel potential biomarkers for hepatocellular carcinoma detection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2015
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  12. Transcription-Replication Conflicts: Unlocking New Frontiers in Cancer.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2025
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  18. ENO1 promotes immunosuppression and tumor growth in pancreatic cancer.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2023
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53 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Eithne CostelloNational Institute for Health Research Pancreas Biomedical Research Unit and Liverpool Cancer Research UK Centre, Department of Molecular, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3GA, UK.
William Greenhalf
John P Neoptolemos
Cancer Research UK · GBNational Institute for Health Research · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Late diagnosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (pancreatic cancer) and the limited response to current treatments results in an exceptionally poor prognosis. Advances in our understanding of the molecular events underpinning pancreatic cancer development and metastasis offer the hope of tangible benefits for patients. In-depth mutational analyses have shed light on the genetic abnormalities in pancreatic cancer, providing potential treatment targets. New biological studies in patients and in mouse models have advanced our knowledge of the timing of metastasis of pancreatic cancer, highlighting new directions for the way in which patients are treated. Furthermore, our increasing understanding of the molecular events in tumorigenesis is leading to the identification of biomarkers that enable us to predict response to treatment. A major drawback, however, is the general lack of an adequate systematic approach to advancing the use of biomarkers in cancer drug development, highlighted in a Cancer Biomarkers Collaborative consensus report. In this Review, we summarize the latest insights into the biology of pancreatic cancer, and their repercussions for treatment. We provide an overview of current treatments and, finally, we discuss novel therapeutic approaches, including the role of biomarkers in therapy for pancreatic cancer.

Indexed as

AdenocarcinomaAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma in SituCarcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalCD40 AntigensComputational BiologyDeoxycytidineDrug Therapy, CombinationEquilibrative Nucleoside Transport ProteinsFluorouracilGemcitabineGene RearrangementHedgehog ProteinsHumansAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkers, TumorCD40 AntigensDeoxycytidineEquilibrative Nucleoside Transport ProteinsFluorouracilGemcitabineHedgehog ProteinsKRAS protein, humanMicroRNAsPoly(ADP-ribose) PolymerasesProto-Oncogene ProteinsProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)ras ProteinsReceptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases

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PMID22733351
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