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ReviewCancer medicine2015

Multidisciplinary neoadjuvant management for potentially curable pancreatic cancer.

Neelam V Desai, Sarunas Sliesoraitis, Steven J Hughes, Jose G Trevino, Robert A Zlotecki, Alison M Ivey, Thomas J George

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Review in Cancer medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 21 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Neelam V DesaiDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Sarunas SliesoraitisDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Steven J HughesDepartment of Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Jose G TrevinoDepartment of Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Robert A ZloteckiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Alison M IveyUniversity of Florida Health Cancer Center, Gainesville, Florida.
Thomas J GeorgeDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
University of Florida · USUniversity of Florida Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma remains the fourth leading cause of cancer mortality in the U.S. Despite advances in surgical technique, radiotherapy technologies, and chemotherapeutics, the 5-year survival rate remains approximately 20% for the 15% of patients who are eligible for surgical resection. The majority of this group suffers metastatic recurrence. However, despite advances in therapies for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, only surgery has consistently proven to improve long-term survival. Various combinations of chemotherapy, biologic-targeted therapy, and radiotherapy have been evaluated in different settings to improve outcomes. In this context, a neoadjuvant (preoperative) treatment strategy offers numerous potential benefits: (1) ensuring delivery of early, systemic therapy, (2) improving selection of patients for surgical therapy with truly localized disease, (3) potential downstaging of the neoplasm facilitating a negative margin resection in patients with locally advanced disease, and (4) providing a superior clinical trial mechanism capable of rapid assessment of the efficacy of novel therapeutics. This article reviews the recent trends in the management of pancreatic adenocarcinoma, with a particular emphasis on a multidisciplinary neoadjuvant approach to treatment.

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Clinical Trials as TopicDisease ManagementHumansNeoadjuvant TherapyPancreatic NeoplasmsTreatment OutcomeChemotherapyneoadjuvantpancreatic cancerpersonalized oncologyradiationsurgery

Identifiers

PMID25766842
PMCPMC4559034
OpenAlexW1997156063

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