Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24605032›Full record

ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2014

Optimum chemotherapy in the management of metastatic pancreatic cancer.

Marwan Ghosn, Hampig Raphael Kourie, Fadi El Karak, Colette Hanna, Joelle Antoun, Dolly Nasr

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In one paragraph

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 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Photothermal Effects of Reduced Graphene Oxide on Pancreatic Cancer.Technology in cancer research & treatment · 2018
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  9. Irreversible Electroporation.Seminars in interventional radiology · 2015
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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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marwan GhosnMarwan Ghosn, Hampig Raphael Kourie, Fadi El Karak, Colette Hanna, Joelle Antoun, Dolly Nasr, Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut 166830, Lebanon.
Hampig Raphael KourieMarwan Ghosn, Hampig Raphael Kourie, Fadi El Karak, Colette Hanna, Joelle Antoun, Dolly Nasr, Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut 166830, Lebanon.
Fadi El KarakMarwan Ghosn, Hampig Raphael Kourie, Fadi El Karak, Colette Hanna, Joelle Antoun, Dolly Nasr, Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut 166830, Lebanon.
Colette HannaMarwan Ghosn, Hampig Raphael Kourie, Fadi El Karak, Colette Hanna, Joelle Antoun, Dolly Nasr, Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut 166830, Lebanon.
Joelle AntounMarwan Ghosn, Hampig Raphael Kourie, Fadi El Karak, Colette Hanna, Joelle Antoun, Dolly Nasr, Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut 166830, Lebanon.
Dolly NasrMarwan Ghosn, Hampig Raphael Kourie, Fadi El Karak, Colette Hanna, Joelle Antoun, Dolly Nasr, Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut 166830, Lebanon.
Saint Joseph University · LB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most devastating solid tumors, and it remains one of the most difficult to treat. The treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer (MPC) is systemic, based on chemotherapy or best supportive care, depending on the performance status of the patient. Two chemotherapeutical regimens have produced substantial benefits in the treatment of MPC: gemcitabine in 1997; and FOLFIRIONOX in 2011. FOLFIRINOX improved the natural history of MPC, with overall survival (OS) of 11.1 mo. Nab-paclitaxel associated with gemcitabine is a newly approved regimen for MPC, with a median OS of 8.6 mo. Despite multiple trials, this targeted therapy was not efficient in the treatment of MPC. Many new molecules targeting the proliferation and survival pathways, immune response, oncofetal signaling and the epigenetic changes are currently undergoing phase I and II trials for the treatment of MPC, with many promising results.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsDrug DesignHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyPancreatic NeoplasmsSignal TransductionTreatment OutcomeChemotherapyEvolutionMetastatic pancreatic cancerRecent therapiesTargeted therapy

Identifiers

PMID24605032
PMCPMC3942838
OpenAlexW1986386816

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