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ReviewAnnals of gastroenterology2017

Current and future biomarkers in colorectal cancer.

George Zarkavelis, Stergios Boussios, Alexandra Papadaki, Konstantinos H Katsanos, Dimitrios K Christodoulou, George Pentheroudakis

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Review in Annals of gastroenterology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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73citing papers in PubMed, 2 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

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

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  19. Monitoring of RAS mutant clones in plasma of patients with RAS mutant metastatic colorectal cancer.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2022
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13 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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.

George ZarkavelisDepartment of Medical Oncology, Medical School, University of Ioannina (George Zarkavelis, Stergios Boussios, Alexandra Papadaki, George Pentheroudakis), Greece.
Stergios BoussiosDepartment of Medical Oncology, Medical School, University of Ioannina (George Zarkavelis, Stergios Boussios, Alexandra Papadaki, George Pentheroudakis), Greece.
Alexandra PapadakiDepartment of Medical Oncology, Medical School, University of Ioannina (George Zarkavelis, Stergios Boussios, Alexandra Papadaki, George Pentheroudakis), Greece.
Konstantinos H KatsanosDepartment of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina (Konstantinos H. Katsanos, Dimitrios K. Christodoulou), Greece.
Dimitrios K ChristodoulouDepartment of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina (Konstantinos H. Katsanos, Dimitrios K. Christodoulou), Greece.
George PentheroudakisDepartment of Medical Oncology, Medical School, University of Ioannina (George Zarkavelis, Stergios Boussios, Alexandra Papadaki, George Pentheroudakis), Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC), one of the leading causes of death among cancer patients, is a heterogeneous disease and is characterized by diversions in multiple molecular pathways throughout its evolutionary process. To date, specific mutations in RAS and RAF genes are tested in everyday clinical practice along with mismatch repair gene deficiency, serving either as prognostic or predictive biomarkers, providing information for patient risk stratification and the choice of appropriate therapy. However, ongoing studies are focusing on the potential role of recently discovered genetic and epigenetic alterations in the management of CRC patients and their potential prognostic or predictive value. To overcome the problem of tumor heterogeneity as well as the practical obstacles of access to tumor tissue, and to achieve real-time monitoring of disease and therapy efficacy, liquid biopsies constitute a novel technology worth exploring. CRC screening and management is entering a new era where molecular testing will be applied to genomic material extracted from easily accessible bodily fluids.

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biomarkersColorectal cancerliquid biopsiesprognostic and predictive markers

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PMID29118555
PMCPMC5670280

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