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ArticleWorld journal of gastrointestinal oncology2015

Targeted therapies for pancreatic adenocarcinoma: Where do we stand, how far can we go?

Dimitra Grapsa, Muhammad Wasif Saif, Konstantinos Syrigos

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Article in World journal of gastrointestinal oncology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Dimitra GrapsaDimitra Grapsa, Konstantinos Syrigos, Oncology Unit, 3 Department of Medicine, "Sotiria" General Hospital, Athens University School of Medicine, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Muhammad Wasif SaifDimitra Grapsa, Konstantinos Syrigos, Oncology Unit, 3 Department of Medicine, "Sotiria" General Hospital, Athens University School of Medicine, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Konstantinos SyrigosDimitra Grapsa, Konstantinos Syrigos, Oncology Unit, 3 Department of Medicine, "Sotiria" General Hospital, Athens University School of Medicine, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Tufts University · USClovis Oncology (United Kingdom) · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (usually referred to as pancreatic cancer) is a highly lethal and aggressive malignancy with a disease-related mortality almost equaling its incidence, and one of the most challenging cancers to treat. The notorious resistance of pancreatic cancer not only to conventional cytotoxic therapies but also to almost all targeted agents developed to date, continues to puzzle the oncological community and represents one of the biggest hurdles to reducing the death toll from this ominous disease. This editorial highlights the most important recent advances in preclinical and clinical research, with regards to targeted therapeutics for pancreatic cancer, outlines current challenges and provides an overview of potential future perspectives in this rapidly evolving field.

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ClinicalCytotoxic chemotherapyPancreatic cancerPreclinicalTargeted agents

Identifiers

PMID26483872
PMCPMC4606172
OpenAlexW2401209681

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