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ReviewCancer metastasis reviews2013

The detection and implication of genome instability in cancer.

Larissa Pikor, Kelsie Thu, Emily Vucic, Wan Lam

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Review in Cancer metastasis reviews, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 112 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
112citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

112 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 199 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Ubiquitin-conjugating Enzymes in Cancer.International journal of biological sciences · 2026
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  14. STR profiling in a cohort of Saudi patients with acute leukemia.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2025
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52 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Larissa PikorDepartment of Integrative Oncology, BC Cancer Research Centre, 675 West 10th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V5Z 1L3, lpikor@bccrc.ca.
Kelsie Thu
Emily Vucic
Wan Lam
Occupational Cancer Research Centre · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research MOP-110949Canadian Institutes of Health Research MOP 86731Canadian Institutes of Health Research MOP94867
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genomic instability is a hallmark of cancer that leads to an increase in genetic alterations, thus enabling the acquisition of additional capabilities required for tumorigenesis and progression. Substantial heterogeneity in the amount and type of instability (nucleotide, microsatellite, or chromosomal) exists both within and between cancer types, with epithelial tumors typically displaying a greater degree of instability than hematological cancers. While high-throughput sequencing studies offer a comprehensive record of the genetic alterations within a tumor, detecting the rate of instability or cell-to-cell viability using this and most other available methods remains a challenge. Here, we discuss the different levels of genomic instability occurring in human cancers and touch on the current methods and limitations of detecting instability. We have applied one such approach to the surveying of public tumor data to provide a cursory view of genome instability across numerous tumor types.

Indexed as

Genomic InstabilityAnimalsCell Transformation, NeoplasticGenetic TestingGenomicsHumansNeoplasms

Identifiers

PMID23633034
PMCPMC3843371
OpenAlexW2009427752

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