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ReviewBioMed research international2013

The role of epidermal growth factor receptor in cancer metastasis and microenvironment.

Takamitsu Sasaki, Kuniyasu Hiroki, Yuichi Yamashita

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In one paragraph

Review in BioMed research international, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 133 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
133citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.4field-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

133 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 285 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Takamitsu SasakiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan. takamitu@fc4.so-net.ne.jp
Kuniyasu Hiroki
Yuichi Yamashita
Fukuoka University · JPNara Medical University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite significant improvements in diagnosis, surgical techniques, and advancements in general patient care, the majority of deaths from cancer are caused by the metastases. There is an urgent need for an improved understanding of the cellular and molecular factors that promote cancer metastasis. The process of cancer metastasis depends on multiple interactions between cancer cells and host cells. Studies investigating the TGF α-EGFR signaling pathways that promote the growth and spread of cancer cells. Moreover, the signaling activates not only tumor cells, but also tumor-associated endothelial cells. TGF α-EGFR signaling in colon cancer cells creates a microenvironment that is conducive for metastasis, providing a rationale for efforts to inhibit EGFR signaling in TGF α-positive cancers. In this review, we describe the recent advances in our understanding of the molecular basis of cancer metastasis.

Indexed as

Tumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsEpidermal Growth FactorErbB ReceptorsHumansNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasmsSignal TransductionEpidermal Growth FactorErbB Receptors

Identifiers

PMID23986907
PMCPMC3748428
OpenAlexW2157305173

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