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ReviewJournal of internal medicine2013

Breast cancer as a systemic disease: a view of metastasis.

A J Redig, S S McAllister

Registry-linked trialOpen access · greenAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Journal of internal medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06882499 (Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy), which is not on this map. Cited by 383 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
383citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
14.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT06882499 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy (SABR) With Maintenance of Systemic Therapy Versus Physicians' Choice of Systemic Therapy for Oligoprogressive ER-positive, Her-2 Negative Breast Cancer II

TypeinterventionalSponsorPeter MacCallum Cancer Centre, AustraliaRan2026 to 2032Enrolled74ConditionsBreast Cancer, Metastatic, Metastatic Breast CancerArmsStereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy, Physician's choice of systemic treatment
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

383 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 710 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Role of Estrogen Receptor-Targeted PET with 16α-Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2026
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  3. Advancements in Zebrafish Models for Breast Cancer Research: Unveiling Biomarkers, Targeted Therapies, and Personalized Medicine.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023
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  17. Exploring the Therapeutic Potential ofAnti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry · 2026
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323 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

A J RedigDivision of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
S S McAllister
Harvard Stem Cell Institute · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Understanding How Breast Cancers Activate and Respond to the Systemic EnvironmentR01CA166284 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI MCALLISTER, SANDRA S · 2012 to 2018
$2.2M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA166284NCI NIH HHS R01 CA166284-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer is now the most frequently diagnosed cancer and leading cause of cancer death in women worldwide. Strategies targeting the primary tumour have markedly improved, but systemic treatments to prevent metastasis are less effective; metastatic disease remains the underlying cause of death in the majority of patients with breast cancer who succumb to their disease. The long latency period between initial treatment and eventual recurrence in some patients suggests that a tumour may both alter and respond to the host systemic environment to facilitate and sustain disease progression. Results from studies in animal models suggest that specific subtypes of breast cancer may direct metastasis through recruitment and activation of haematopoietic cells. In this review, we focus on data implicating breast cancer as a systemic disease.

Indexed as

AnimalsBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Ductal, BreastFemaleHumansMammary Neoplasms, ExperimentalNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalNeoplasm StagingNeovascularization, PathologicSurvival Analysisbreast cancerdisseminated tumour cellsmetastasissystemic instigationtumour dormancytumour microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID23844915
PMCPMC3711134
OpenAlexW2093829133

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