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ReviewNature reviews. Disease primers2016

Ovarian cancer.

Ursula A Matulonis, Anil K Sood, Lesley Fallowfield, Brooke E Howitt, Jalid Sehouli, Beth Y Karlan

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Review in Nature reviews. Disease primers, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 801 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

801 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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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

6 authors.

Ursula A MatulonisDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
Anil K SoodDepartment of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, and Center for RNA Interference and Non-Coding RNA, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Lesley FallowfieldSussex Health Outcomes Research and Education in Cancer (SHORE-C), Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, Falmer, East Sussex, UK.
Brooke E HowittDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Jalid SehouliCharité Universitaetsmedizin Berlin Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany.
Beth Y KarlanWomen's Cancer Program, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Funding

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON SPORE IN OVARIAN CANCERP50CA083639 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI BAST, ROBERT C · 1999 to 2015
$33.0M
Targeting the PI3K Signaling Pathway in Endometrial CarcinomaP50CA098258 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI BROADDUS, RUSSELL R · 2003 to 2020
$32.0M
Ovarian Cancer: Mechanisms of Neuroendocrine RegulationR01CA109298 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI SOOD, ANIL K · 2005 to 2017
$4.5M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA083639NCI NIH HHS P50 CA098258NCI NIH HHS R01 CA109298
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ovarian cancer is not a single disease and can be subdivided into at least five different histological subtypes that have different identifiable risk factors, cells of origin, molecular compositions, clinical features and treatments. Ovarian cancer is a global problem, is typically diagnosed at a late stage and has no effective screening strategy. Standard treatments for newly diagnosed cancer consist of cytoreductive surgery and platinum-based chemotherapy. In recurrent cancer, chemotherapy, anti-angiogenic agents and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors are used, and immunological therapies are currently being tested. High-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) is the most commonly diagnosed form of ovarian cancer and at diagnosis is typically very responsive to platinum-based chemotherapy. However, in addition to the other histologies, HGSCs frequently relapse and become increasingly resistant to chemotherapy. Consequently, understanding the mechanisms underlying platinum resistance and finding ways to overcome them are active areas of study in ovarian cancer. Substantial progress has been made in identifying genes that are associated with a high risk of ovarian cancer (such as BRCA1 and BRCA2), as well as a precursor lesion of HGSC called serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma, which holds promise for identifying individuals at high risk of developing the disease and for developing prevention strategies.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsBRCA2 ProteinCA-125 AntigenContraceptives, Oral, HormonalEarly Detection of CancerFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGynecologic Surgical ProceduresHumansMass ScreeningMembrane ProteinsOvarian NeoplasmsOvariectomyParityPlatinumRisk FactorsAntineoplastic AgentsBRAP protein, humanBRCA2 ProteinBRCA2 protein, humanCA-125 AntigenContraceptives, Oral, HormonalMembrane ProteinsMUC16 protein, humanPlatinumUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

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PMCPMC7290868

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