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ReviewCurrent oncology reports2013

Anal cancer: are we making progress?

Ajay Aggarwal, Simon Duke, Rob Glynne-Jones

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Review in Current oncology reports, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  4. Article
  5. Advances in the Management of Anal Cancer.Current oncology reports · 2016
    Review
  6. Radiochemotherapy in Anal Cancer: cCR, clinical outcomes and quality of life using two different treatment schedules.Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology
    Article
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 1 institution in 1 country.

Ajay AggarwalRadiotherapy Department, Mount Vernon Centre for Cancer Treatment, Northwood, Middlesex, UK.
Simon Duke
Rob Glynne-Jones
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anal cancer is an uncommon malignancy. There have been some intriguing developments in the past 3 years, in terms of our understanding of the molecular biology and processes that lead to anal cancer. There have also been some notable successes in prevention, imaging and treatment. Nonsurgical treatment is highly effective. The primary aim of such treatment is to achieve loco-regional control with chemoradiation (CRT), and preserve anal function without a colostomy. Randomised phase III trials presented or published over the past 3 years have explored novel strategies of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, maintenance chemotherapy, radiotherapy dose escalation and replacement of mitomycln C (MMC) with cisplatin in CRT. All have failed to improve on the current standard of care; i.e. MMC/ 5 fluorouracil (5FU) chemoradiation. However, more conformal strategies such as intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) appear feasible to deliver with reduced toxicity, and may offer an opportunity to dose-escalate both to gross tumour and areas of potential nodal spread. Preliminary outcome data suggest no loss of efficacy. We evaluate the relevant recent literature published over the past 2 years, and summarize interesting and important new findings, with the aim of bringing the reader up-to-date on anal cancer.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsAnus NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Squamous CellChemoradiotherapyClinical Trials as TopicHumansQuality of LifeRisk FactorsAntineoplastic Agents

Identifiers

PMID23371446
OpenAlexW2028437950

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