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ReviewScience (New York, N.Y.)2014

The melanoma revolution: from UV carcinogenesis to a new era in therapeutics.

Jennifer A Lo, David E Fisher

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 229 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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229citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

229 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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.

Jennifer A LoCutaneous Biology Research Center, Department of Dermatology and MGH Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
David E FisherCutaneous Biology Research Center, Department of Dermatology and MGH Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA. dfisher3@partners.org.

Funding

Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM007753 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WALENSKY, LOREN DAVID · 1985 to 2021
$50.0M
Transcriptional mechanisms and melanomaP01CA163222 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Kai W Wucherpfennig · 2013 to 2026
$25.3M
The MITF transcriptional network: melanoma risk and carcinogenesisR01AR043369 · NIAMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI DAVID E FISHER · 1996 to 2026
$9.4M
Role of beta-endorphin in cancer therapy induced fatigueR01CA150226 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI FISHER, DAVID E · 2011 to 2015
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA163222NCI NIH HHS P01CA163222NCI NIH HHS R01 CA150226NCI NIH HHS R01CA150226NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR043369NIAMS NIH HHS R01AR043369NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007753NIGMS NIH HHS T32GM007753
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, is an aggressive disease that is rising in incidence. Although melanoma is a historically treatment-resistant malignancy, in recent years unprecedented breakthroughs in targeted therapies and immunotherapies have revolutionized the standard of care for patients with advanced disease. Here, we provide an overview of recent developments in our understanding of melanoma risk factors, genomics, and molecular pathogenesis and how these insights have driven advances in melanoma treatment. In addition, we review benefits and limitations of current therapies and look ahead to continued progress in melanoma prevention and therapy. Remarkable achievements in the field have already produced a paradigm shift in melanoma treatment: Metastatic melanoma, once considered incurable, can now be treated with potentially curative rather than palliative intent.

Indexed as

Molecular Targeted TherapyCarcinogenesisDrug ApprovalEpigenesis, GeneticHumansImmunotherapyMelanocytesMelanomaMutationNeoplasms, Radiation-InducedSkin NeoplasmsSunlightUltraviolet Rays

Identifiers

PMID25414302
PMCPMC4701046

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