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ReviewPigment cell & melanoma research2017

Synthetic lethality: emerging targets and opportunities in melanoma.

Nicola Thompson, David J Adams, Marco Ranzani

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Review in Pigment cell & melanoma research, 2017. 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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12citing papers in PubMed
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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

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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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.

Nicola ThompsonExperimental Cancer Genetics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK.
David J AdamsExperimental Cancer Genetics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9490-0306
Marco RanzaniExperimental Cancer Genetics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK.

Funding

Cancer Research UK 13031Wellcome Trust WT098051
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Great progress has been made in the treatment of melanoma through use of targeted therapies and immunotherapy. One approach that has not been fully explored is synthetic lethality, which exploits somatically acquired changes, usually driver mutations, to specifically kill tumour cells. We outline the various approaches that may be applied to identify synthetic lethal interactions and define how these interactions may drive drug discovery efforts.

Indexed as

Drug DiscoveryMolecular Targeted TherapyAntineoplastic AgentsHumansMelanomaSynthetic Lethal MutationsAntineoplastic AgentsCRISPRmelanoma genomicspreclinical modelssynthetic lethalitytherapeutic target

Identifiers

PMID28097822
PMCPMC5396340

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