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ArticleOncology letters2017

Microbial infection, inflammation and epithelial ovarian cancer.

Xiaohui Xie, Mengyuan Yang, Yiling Ding, Jianlin Chen

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Article in Oncology letters, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaohui XieDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410001, P.R. China.
Mengyuan YangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410001, P.R. China.
Yiling DingDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410001, P.R. China.
Jianlin ChenDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410001, P.R. China.
Central South University · CNSecond Xiangya Hospital of Central South University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ovarian cancer is the most common, and life-threatening, type of female gynecological cancer. The etiology of ovarian cancer remains unclear, and there are currently no effective screening or treatment methods for the disease. Microbial infection serves a marked function in inducing carcinogenesis. A number of studies have identified pelvic inflammatory disease as a risk factor for epithelial ovarian cancer. Thus, it is hypothesized that microbial infection may contribute to ovarian cancer. In the present review, the microorganisms that have been identified to be associated with ovarian cancer and the underlying molecular mechanisms involved are discussed. Infection-induced chronic inflammation is considered an important process for carcinogenesis, cancer progression and metastasis. Therefore, the pathological process and associated inflammatory factors are reviewed in the present paper.

Indexed as

angiogenesiscancer-associated fibroblastscancer stem cellendothelial mesenchymal transitionepithelial ovarian cancerinflammationmicrobial infection

Identifiers

PMID28789426
PMCPMC5529868
OpenAlexW2626963234

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