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ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2014

Pancreatic cancer stroma: understanding biology leads to new therapeutic strategies.

Agnieszka Anna Rucki, Lei Zheng

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Review in World journal of gastroenterology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
60citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.6field-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

60 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 121 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Agnieszka Anna RuckiAgnieszka Anna Rucki, Lei Zheng, Department of Oncology, The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, the Skip Viragh Clinical Pancreatic Cancer Center, and the Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, United States.
Lei ZhengAgnieszka Anna Rucki, Lei Zheng, Department of Oncology, The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, the Skip Viragh Clinical Pancreatic Cancer Center, and the Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, United States.
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center · US

Funding

Tumor Antigens for Individual Signatures and TherapyP50CA062924 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI KERN, SCOTT E · 1993 to 2022
$54.6M
Interrogate the interaction between tumor cells and nerves in the tumor microenvironment of pancreatic cancerR01CA169702 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI ZHENG, LEI · 2013 to 2023
$3.6M
Dissecting the mechanisms of immune tolerance within the pancreatic tumor's microK23CA148964 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ZHENG, LEI · 2010 to 2014
$888k
NCI NIH HHS K23 CA148964NCI NIH HHS K23 CA148964-01NCI NIH HHS P50 CA062924NCI NIH HHS R01 CA169702NCI NIH HHS R01 CA169702-01A1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is among the deadliest cancers in the United States and in the world. Late diagnosis, early metastasis and lack of effective therapy are among the reasons why only 6% of patients diagnosed with PDA survive past 5 years. Despite development of targeted therapy against other cancers, little progression has been made in the treatment of PDA. Therefore, there is an urgent need for the development of new treatments. However, in order to proceed with treatments, the complicated biology of PDA needs to be understood first. Interestingly, majority of the tumor volume is not made of malignant epithelial cells but of stroma. In recent years, it has become evident that there is an important interaction between the stromal compartment and the less prevalent malignant cells, leading to cancer progression. The stroma not only serves as a growth promoting source of signals but it is also a physical barrier to drug delivery. Understanding the tumor-stroma signaling leading to development of desmoplastic reaction and tumor progression can lead to the development of therapies to decrease stromal activity and improve drug delivery. In this review, we focus on how the current understanding of biology of the pancreatic tumor microenvironment can be translated into the development of targeted therapy.

Indexed as

Drug DesignAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyPancreatic NeoplasmsSignal TransductionStromal CellsTumor MicroenvironmentAntineoplastic AgentsCancer associated fibroblastFibroblast activation proteinHepatic growth factorPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaPancreatic stellate cellsSonic hedgehogStromaTumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID24605023
PMCPMC3942829
OpenAlexW2005595167

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