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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2013

Angiogenesis-related pathways in the pathogenesis of ovarian cancer.

Nikos G Gavalas, Michalis Liontos, Sofia-Paraskevi Trachana, Tina Bagratuni, Calliope Arapinis, Christine Liacos, Meletios A Dimopoulos, Aristotle Bamias

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
65citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

65 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 133 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Bevacizumab May Differentially Improve Ovarian Cancer Outcome in Patients with Proliferative and Mesenchymal Molecular Subtypes.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2017
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  20. Mutational signatures for breast cancer diagnosis using artificial intelligence.Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute · 2023
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5 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

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nikos G GavalasDepartment of Clinical Therapeutics, Medical School, University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece. ngavalas@med.uoa.gr
Michalis Liontos
Sofia-Paraskevi Trachana
Tina Bagratuni
Calliope Arapinis
Christine Liacos
Meletios A Dimopoulos
Aristotle Bamias
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ovarian Cancer represents the most fatal type of gynecological malignancies. A number of processes are involved in the pathogenesis of ovarian cancer, especially within the tumor microenvironment. Angiogenesis represents a hallmark phenomenon in cancer, and it is responsible for tumor spread and metastasis in ovarian cancer, among other tumor types, as it leads to new blood vessel formation. In recent years angiogenesis has been given considerable attention in order to identify targets for developing effective anti-tumor therapies. Growth factors have been identified to play key roles in driving angiogenesis and, thus, the formation of new blood vessels that assist in "feeding" cancer. Such molecules include the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), the platelet derived growth factor (PDGF), the fibroblast growth factor (FGF), and the angiopoietin/Tie2 receptor complex. These proteins are key players in complex molecular pathways within the tumor cell and they have been in the spotlight of the development of anti-angiogenic molecules that may act as stand-alone therapeutics, or in concert with standard treatment regimes such as chemotherapy. The pathways involved in angiogenesis and molecules that have been developed in order to combat angiogenesis are described in this paper.

Indexed as

Neovascularization, PathologicAngiogenesis InhibitorsFemaleFibroblast Growth FactorsHumansOvarian NeoplasmsPlatelet-Derived Growth FactorReceptor, TIE-2Signal TransductionVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AAngiogenesis InhibitorsFibroblast Growth FactorsPlatelet-Derived Growth FactorReceptor, TIE-2Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

Identifiers

PMID23903048
PMCPMC3759892
OpenAlexW2146878122

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