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ReviewNature reviews. Urology2012

Isolated, disseminated and circulating tumour cells in prostate cancer.

David Schilling, Tilman Todenhöfer, Jörg Hennenlotter, Christian Schwentner, Tanja Fehm, Arnulf Stenzl

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Review in Nature reviews. Urology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

David SchillingDepartment of Urology, University Hospital Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Strasse 3, 72016 Tübingen, Germany.
Tilman TodenhöferDepartment of Urology, University Hospital Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Strasse 3, 72016 Tübingen, Germany.
Jörg HennenlotterDepartment of Urology, University Hospital Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Strasse 3, 72016 Tübingen, Germany.
Christian SchwentnerDepartment of Urology, University Hospital Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Strasse 3, 72016 Tübingen, Germany.
Tanja FehmDepartment of Gynaecology, University Hospital Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Strasse 3, 72016 Tübingen, Germany.
Arnulf StenzlDepartment of Urology, University Hospital Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Strasse 3, 72016 Tübingen, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The loss of single cells from a tumour cell cluster marks an early event in the metastatic process of cancer progression. Although the metastatic cascade in prostate cancer is yet to be fully understood, monitoring circulating tumour cells (CTCs) and quantifying the load of tumour cell dissemination is currently being implemented into routine clinical practice for diagnosing minimal residual disease (MRD), estimating prognosis and monitoring treatment success. Current methods for enrichment of CTCs or disseminated tumour cells (DTCs) and detection of MRD rely on the expression of specific marker genes or proteins that might be altered during the process of tumour cell dissemination, therefore disrupting tumour cell detection. The tumour origin and malignant potential for metastasis of marker-positive cells is not yet clear. Some studies have demonstrated the potential of CTCs or DTCs as prognostic or predictive markers, leading to the increasing implementation of CTC measurement as an end point in clinical trials.

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Biomarkers, TumorCarcinomaHumansMaleNeoplasm, ResidualNeoplastic Cells, CirculatingPrognosisProstatic NeoplasmsBiomarkers, Tumor

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