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ReviewBoneKEy reports2015

The vasculature: a vessel for bone metastasis.

Koen Raymaekers, Steve Stegen, Nick van Gastel, Geert Carmeliet

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In one paragraph

Review in BoneKEy reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. Significance of EVs in Prostate Cancer Bone Metastases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  7. Nanoparticle-mediated synergistic drug combination for treating bone metastasis.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2023
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  9. The Role of Inflammation in Breast and Prostate Cancer Metastasis to Bone.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
    Review
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  11. Bone Tropism in Cancer Metastases.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2020
    Review
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  13. Switching Homes: How Cancer Moves to Bone.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  15. Vessel co-option in cancer.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Koen RaymaekersLaboratory of Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, KU Leuven , Leuven, Belgium.
Steve StegenLaboratory of Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, KU Leuven , Leuven, Belgium.
Nick van GastelLaboratory of Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, KU Leuven , Leuven, Belgium.
Geert CarmelietLaboratory of Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, KU Leuven , Leuven, Belgium.
KU Leuven · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging evidence indicates that the interactions between tumor cells and the bone microenvironment have a crucial role in the pathogenesis of bone metastasis and that they can influence tumor cell dissemination, quiescence and tumor growth in the bone. The vasculature is known to be critical for primary tumor growth, and anti-angiogenesis drugs are approved for the treatment of certain tumor types. The role of the vasculature in bone metastasis is less well known, but recent evidence shows that blood vessels in the bone are a key component of the local microenvironment for the tumor cells and contribute to the different consecutive phases of bone metastasis. A better insight in the importance of the vasculature for bone metastasis may help develop novel treatment modalities that either slow down tumor growth or, preferably, prevent or cure bone metastasis.

Identifiers

PMID27217954
PMCPMC4859769
OpenAlexW2482015051

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