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ReviewCancers2016

The Role of HPV in Head and Neck Cancer Stem Cell Formation and Tumorigenesis.

Mark S Swanson, Niels Kokot, Uttam K Sinha

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. HPVTranslational oncology · 2021
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  9. The scope of viral causation of human cancers: interpreting virus density from an evolutionary perspective.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2019
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mark S SwansonDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Southern California, 1450 San Pablo St, Suite 5100, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. Mark.Swanson@med.usc.edu.
Niels KokotDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Southern California, 1450 San Pablo St, Suite 5100, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. Niels.Kokot@med.usc.edu.
Uttam K SinhaDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Southern California, 1450 San Pablo St, Suite 5100, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. Sinha@med.usc.edu.
University of Southern California · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cancer stem cell (CSC) theory proposes that a minority of tumor cells are capable of self-replication and tumorigenesis. It is these minority of cells that are responsible for cancer metastasis and recurrence in head and neck squamous cell cancers (HNSCC). Human papilloma virus (HPV)-related cancer of the oropharynx is becoming more prevalent, which makes understanding of the relationship between HPV and CSCs more important than ever. This relationship is critical because CSC behavior can be predicted based on cell surface markers, which makes them a suitable candidate for targeted therapy. New therapies are an exciting opportunity to advance past the stalled outcomes in HNSCC that have plagued patients and clinicians for several decades.

Indexed as

cancer initiating cellcancer stem cellHPVhuman papilloma virusNanogNotchOct-4

Identifiers

PMID26907349
PMCPMC4773747
OpenAlexW2284317439

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Registered trials

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