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ReviewOncotarget2015

Targeting Hsp90 in urothelial carcinoma.

Mahmoud Chehab, Tiffany Caza, Kamil Skotnicki, Steve Landas, Gennady Bratslavsky, Mehdi Mollapour, Dimitra Bourboulia

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Review in Oncotarget, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. HSP90β as a potential prognostic biomarker in urothelial carcinoma: insights from NF-κB, IL-8, and heat-shock protein expression.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Mahmoud ChehabDepartment of Urology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
Tiffany CazaDepartment of Pathology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
Kamil SkotnickiDepartment of Urology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
Steve LandasDepartment of Urology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
Gennady BratslavskyDepartment of Urology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
Mehdi MollapourDepartment of Urology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
Dimitra BourbouliaDepartment of Urology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
SUNY Upstate Medical University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Urothelial carcinoma, or transitional cell carcinoma, is the most common urologic malignancy that carries significant morbidity, mortality, recurrence risk and associated health care costs. Despite use of current chemotherapies and immunotherapies, long-term remission in patients with muscle-invasive or metastatic disease remains low, and disease recurrence is common. The molecular chaperone Heat Shock Protein-90 (Hsp90) may offer an ideal treatment target, as it is a critical signaling hub in urothelial carcinoma pathogenesis and potentiates chemoradiation. Preclinical testing with Hsp90 inhibitors has demonstrated reduced proliferation, enhanced apoptosis and synergism with chemotherapies and radiation. Despite promising preclinical data, clinical trials utilizing Hsp90 inhibitors for other malignancies had modest efficacy. Therefore, we propose that Hsp90 inhibition would best serve as an adjuvant treatment in advanced muscle-invasive or metastatic bladder cancers to potentiate other therapies. An overview of bladder cancer biology, current treatments, molecular targeted therapies, and the role for Hsp90 inhibitors in the treatment of urothelial carcinoma is the focus of this review.

Indexed as

Molecular Targeted TherapyAngiogenesis InhibitorsAntineoplastic AgentsApoptosisBCG VaccineCarcinoma, Transitional CellCell CycleCell DivisionCell Transformation, NeoplasticChemoradiotherapyChemotherapy, AdjuvantClinical Trials as TopicCombined Modality TherapyCystectomyDrug Resistance, NeoplasmDrugs, InvestigationalAngiogenesis InhibitorsAntineoplastic AgentsBCG VaccineDrugs, InvestigationalHSP90 Heat-Shock ProteinsNeoplasm ProteinsProtein Kinase Inhibitorsbladder cancer treatmentsheat shock protein-90Hsp90 inhibitorspathogenesisurothelial carcinoma

Identifiers

PMID25909217
PMCPMC4496161
OpenAlexW1828855860

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