Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23856911›Full record

ReviewCA: a cancer journal for clinicians2013

Recent progress in pancreatic cancer.

Christopher L Wolfgang, Joseph M Herman, Daniel A Laheru, Alison P Klein, Michael A Erdek, Elliot K Fishman, Ralph H Hruban

Open access · diamondAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in CA: a cancer journal for clinicians, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 499 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
499citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
32.2field-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

499 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 934 citations in OpenAlex.

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439 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christopher L WolfgangAssociate Professor, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Associate Professor, Department of Oncology, The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Joseph M Herman
Daniel A Laheru
Alison P Klein
Michael A Erdek
Elliot K Fishman
Ralph H Hruban
Johns Hopkins University · USJohns Hopkins Medicine · US

Funding

Translational Research Central ServicesP30CA006973 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Rosalie Wollett · 1985 to 2026
$208.6M
Tumor Antigens for Individual Signatures and TherapyP50CA062924 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI LENNON, ANNE MARIE · 1993 to 2022
$54.6M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA006973NCI NIH HHS P50 CA062924NCI NIH HHS P50 CA62924
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer is currently one of the deadliest of the solid malignancies. However, surgery to resect neoplasms of the pancreas is safer and less invasive than ever, novel drug combinations have been shown to improve survival, advances in radiation therapy have resulted in less toxicity, and enormous strides have been made in the understanding of the fundamental genetics of pancreatic cancer. These advances provide hope but they also increase the complexity of caring for patients. It is clear that multidisciplinary care that provides comprehensive and coordinated evaluation and treatment is the most effective way to manage patients with pancreatic cancer.

Indexed as

AdenocarcinomaHumansPancreatic NeoplasmsRisk Factorsmedical oncologymolecular biologypancreatic neoplasmsradiation oncologyradiology

Identifiers

PMID23856911
PMCPMC3769458
OpenAlexW2160391606

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.