Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28124158›Full record

ReviewCurrent topics in microbiology and immunology

Pathogenesis of Gastric Cancer: Genetics and Molecular Classification.

Ceu Figueiredo, M C Camargo, Marina Leite, Ezequiel M Fuentes-Pananá, Charles S Rabkin, José C Machado

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Review in Current topics in microbiology and immunology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 74 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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74citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
78.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

74 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 109 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. The Tumorigenic Role of Circular RNA-MicroRNA Axis in Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  19. Gastric Cancer: The Microbiome Beyond Helicobacter pylori.Current topics in microbiology and immunology · 2023
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14 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Ceu Figueiredoi3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
M C CamargoDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, ML, USA.
Marina Leitei3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Ezequiel M Fuentes-PananáResearch Unit of Cancer and Virology, Children's Hospital of Mexico "Federico Gomez", Mexico City, Mexico.
Charles S RabkinDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, ML, USA.
José C Machadoi3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal. josem@ipatimup.pt.
Universidade do Porto · PTDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and GeneticsHospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez · MX

Funding

Molecular mechanisms of infection-related cancerZIACP010212 · NCI · DIVISION OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GENETICS · PI ENGELS, ERIC A · 2010 to 2025
$4.6M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 CA999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastric cancer is the fifth most incident and the third most common cause of cancer-related death in the world. Infection with Helicobacter pylori is the major risk factor for this disease. Gastric cancer is the final outcome of a cascade of events that takes decades to occur and results from the accumulation of multiple genetic and epigenetic alterations. These changes are crucial for tumor cells to expedite and sustain the array of pathways involved in the cancer development, such as cell cycle, DNA repair, metabolism, cell-to-cell and cell-to-matrix interactions, apoptosis, angiogenesis, and immune surveillance. Comprehensive molecular analyses of gastric cancer have disclosed the complex heterogeneity of this disease. In particular, these analyses have confirmed that Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positive gastric cancer is a distinct entity. The identification of gastric cancer subtypes characterized by recognizable molecular profiles may pave the way for a more personalized clinical management and to the identification of novel therapeutic targets and biomarkers for screening, prognosis, prediction of response to treatment, and monitoring of gastric cancer progression.

Indexed as

AnimalsBacterial ProteinsDisease ProgressionEpstein-Barr Virus InfectionsHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriHerpesvirus 4, HumanHumansStomachStomach NeoplasmsBacterial ProteinsChromosomal instabilityEpstein–Barr virusGastric cancerHelicobacter pyloriHereditary gastric cancerMicrosatellite instability

Identifiers

PMID28124158
PMCPMC8550817
OpenAlexW2580705712

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