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ReviewNature reviews. Cancer2017

Novel insights into mesothelioma biology and implications for therapy.

Timothy A Yap, Joachim G Aerts, Sanjay Popat, Dean A Fennell

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Review in Nature reviews. Cancer, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 201 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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

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  2. Exhaled Breath Analysis in Diagnosis of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  6. Multiomic, Histologic, and scRNA-seq Profiling of Pleural Mesothelioma Reveals Negative Prognosis Associated With a Novel Uncommitted Molecular Phenotype.Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer · 2026
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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.

Timothy A YapThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Joachim G AertsErasmus MC Cancer Institute, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Sanjay PopatRoyal Marsden Hospital, London SW3 6JJ, UK.
Dean A FennellUniversity of Leicester, Leicester LE1 9HN, UK.

Funding

Cancer Research UK 15569Cancer Research UK 21400
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malignant mesothelioma is a universally lethal cancer that is increasing in incidence worldwide. There is a dearth of effective therapies, with only one treatment (pemetrexed and cisplatin combination chemotherapy) approved in the past 13 years. However, the past 5 years have witnessed an exponential growth in our understanding of mesothelioma pathobiology, which is set to revolutionize therapeutic strategies. From a genomic standpoint, mesothelioma is characterized by a preponderance of tumour suppressor alterations, for which novel therapies are currently in development. Other promising antitumour agents include inhibitors against angiogenesis, mesothelin and immune checkpoints, which are at various phases of clinical trial testing.

Indexed as

Genes, Tumor SuppressorImmunotherapyAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntineoplastic AgentsGenes, Neurofibromatosis 2Genes, p16GPI-Linked ProteinsHumansMesothelinMesotheliomaNeovascularization, PathologicPhosphoinositide-3 Kinase InhibitorsProtein-Arginine N-MethyltransferasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesAntibodies, MonoclonalAntineoplastic AgentsBAP1 protein, humanGPI-Linked ProteinsMesothelinPhosphoinositide-3 Kinase InhibitorsPRMT5 protein, humanProtein-Arginine N-MethyltransferasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesTumor Suppressor ProteinsUbiquitin Thiolesterase

Identifiers

PMID28740119

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