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ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2014

Pancreatic cancer and its stroma: a conspiracy theory.

Zhihong Xu, Srinivasa P Pothula, Jeremy S Wilson, Minoti V Apte

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

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
63citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.6field-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

63 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 120 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhihong XuZhihong Xu, Srinivasa P Pothula, Jeremy S Wilson, Minoti V Apte, Pancreatic Research Group, South Western Sydney Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2170, Australia.
Srinivasa P PothulaZhihong Xu, Srinivasa P Pothula, Jeremy S Wilson, Minoti V Apte, Pancreatic Research Group, South Western Sydney Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2170, Australia.
Jeremy S WilsonZhihong Xu, Srinivasa P Pothula, Jeremy S Wilson, Minoti V Apte, Pancreatic Research Group, South Western Sydney Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2170, Australia.
Minoti V ApteZhihong Xu, Srinivasa P Pothula, Jeremy S Wilson, Minoti V Apte, Pancreatic Research Group, South Western Sydney Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2170, Australia.
Western Sydney University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer is characterised by a prominent desmoplastic/stromal reaction that has received little attention until recent times. Given that treatments focusing on pancreatic cancer cells alone have failed to significantly improve patient outcome over many decades, research efforts have now moved to understanding the pathophysiology of the stromal reaction and its role in cancer progression. In this regard, our Group was the first to identify the cells (pancreatic stellate cells, PSCs) that produced the collagenous stroma of pancreatic cancer and to demonstrate that these cells interacted closely with cancer cells to facilitate local tumour growth and distant metastasis. Evidence is accumulating to indicate that stromal PSCs may also mediate angiogenesis, immune evasion and the well known resistance of pancreatic cancer to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. This review will summarise current knowledge regarding the critical role of pancreatic stellate cells and the stroma in pancreatic cancer biology and the therapeutic approaches being developed to target the stroma in a bid to improve the outcome of this devastating disease.

Indexed as

Cell CommunicationAnimalsBiomarkers, TumorCell Transformation, NeoplasticExtracellular MatrixHumansNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplastic Stem CellsNeovascularization, PathologicPancreatic NeoplasmsPancreatic Stellate CellsPrognosisSignal TransductionStromal CellsTumor EscapeBiomarkers, TumorMetastasisPancreatic cancerPancreatic stellate cellsStromal reactionTumour-stroma interactions

Identifiers

PMID25170206
PMCPMC4145760
OpenAlexW2055554175

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