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ReviewAnnals of medical and health sciences research2014

Oncolytic viruses in head and neck cancer: a new ray of hope in the management protocol.

Ps Shilpa, R Kaul, S Bhat, N Sultana, P Pandeshwar

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Review in Annals of medical and health sciences research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

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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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Novel p53 therapies for head and neck cancer.World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery · 2016
    Review
  6. Polymeric oncolytic adenovirus for cancer gene therapy.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2015
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ps ShilpaDepartment of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Vydehi Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Center, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
R KaulDepartment of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Vydehi Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Center, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
S BhatDepartment of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Vydehi Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Center, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
N SultanaDepartment of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Vydehi Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Center, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
P PandeshwarDepartment of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Vydehi Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Center, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
K.S. Hegde Hospital · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper intends to highlight the different types of oncolytic viruses (OVs), mechanism of tumor specificity, its safety, and various obstacles in the design of treatment and combination therapy utilizing oncotherapy. Search was conducted using the internet-based search engines and scholarly bibliographic databases with key words such as OVs, head and neck cancer, viruses, oral squamous cell carcinoma, and gene therapy. Revolutionary technologies in the field of cancer treatment have gone through a series changes leading to the development of innovative therapeutic strategies. Oncolytic virotherapy is one such therapeutic approach that has awaited phase III clinical trial validation. OVs are self-replicating, tumor selective and lyse cancer cells following viral infection. By modifying the viral genome, it is possible to direct their toxicity toward cancer cells. Viruses that are used for treatment of head and neck cancer are either naturally occurring or genetically modified. OVs are tumor selective and potential anticancer agents. Virotherapy may become the standard of care and part of combination therapy in the management of head and neck cancer in the future.

Indexed as

Gene therapyHead and neck cancerOncolytic virusOral squamous cell cancerViruses

Identifiers

PMID25364586
PMCPMC4212374
OpenAlexW1994557431

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