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ArticleBMC medicine2016

Major milestones in translational oncology.

Tommaso A Dragani, Antoni Castells, Vathany Kulasingam, Eleftherios P Diamandis, Helena Earl, Wade T Iams, Christine M Lovly, J P Michiel Sedelaar, Jack A Schalken

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Article in BMC medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 29 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

9 authors at 8 institutions in 6 countries.

Tommaso A DraganiFondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via G.A. Amadeo 42, I-20133, Milan, Italy. tommaso.dragani@istitutotumori.mi.it.
Antoni CastellsDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, CIBERehd, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Vathany KulasingamDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Eleftherios P DiamandisDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Helena EarlDeptartment of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Wade T IamsDepartment of Medicine Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Christine M LovlyDepartment of Medicine Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
J P Michiel SedelaarDepartment of Urology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Jack A SchalkenDepartment of Urology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Radboud University Medical Center · NLCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas · ESFondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori · ITUniversity Health Network · CAUniversity of Cambridge · GBUniversity of Toronto · CAVanderbilt University · USVanderbilt University Medical Center · US

Funding

The Role of Focal Oncogene Amplifications in Lung CancerP01CA129243 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI Andrea Ventura · 2007 to 2026
$31.2M
Vanderbilt Clinical Oncology Research Career Development ProgramK12CA090625 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Debra L. Friedman, Paula Jill Hurley · 2001 to 2026
$16.9M
Overcoming acquired resistance to EGFR inhibitors in lung cancerR01CA121210 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI LOVLY, CHRISTINE M. · 2007 to 2016
$2.9M
NCI NIH HHS K12 CA090625NCI NIH HHS P01 CA129243NCI NIH HHS R01 CA121210
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Translational oncology represents a bridge between basic research and clinical practice in cancer medicine. Today, translational research in oncology benefits from an abundance of knowledge resulting from genome-scale studies regarding the molecular pathways involved in tumorigenesis. In this Forum article, we highlight the state of the art of translational oncology in five major cancer types. We illustrate the use of molecular profiling to subtype colorectal cancer for both diagnosis and treatment, and summarize the results of a nationwide screening program for ovarian cancer based on detection of a tumor biomarker in serum. Additionally, we discuss how circulating tumor DNA can be assayed to safely monitor breast cancer over the course of treatment, and report on how therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors is proving effective in advanced lung cancer. Finally, we summarize efforts to use molecular profiling of prostate cancer biopsy specimens to support treatment decisions. Despite encouraging early successes, we cannot disregard the complex genetics of individual susceptibility to cancer nor the enormous complexity of the somatic changes observed in tumors, which urge particular attention to the development of personalized therapies.

Indexed as

Biomarkers, TumorHumansMedical OncologyMolecular Targeted TherapyTranslational Research, BiomedicalBiomarkers, TumorBiomarkersBreastCancer vaccinesColorectalEarly diagnosisGenetic profileImmunotherapyIndividual riskLiquid biopsyLungMutational landscapeNext generation sequencingOvarianProstateTumorigenesis

Identifiers

PMID27469586
PMCPMC4964079
OpenAlexW2500441301

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