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ArticleCancer discovery2018

Expressed Gene Fusions as Frequent Drivers of Poor Outcomes in Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer.

Karina J Matissek, Maristela L Onozato, Sheng Sun, Zongli Zheng, Andrew Schultz, Jesse Lee, Kristofer Patel, Piiha-Lotta Jerevall, Srinivas Vinod Saladi, Allison Macleay and 24 more

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Article in Cancer discovery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

34 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Karina J Matissek *Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Maristela L Onozato *Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Sheng Sun *Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Zongli ZhengHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Andrew SchultzMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Jesse LeeDepartment of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Kristofer PatelMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Piiha-Lotta JerevallHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Srinivas Vinod SaladiMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Allison MacleayDepartment of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Mehrad TavallaiMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Tanja Badovinac-CrnjevicUniversity Hospital Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Carlos BarriosLatin America Cooperative Oncology Group (LACOG) and Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Nuran BeşeDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Acibadem Breast Research Institute, Istanbul, Turkey.
Arlene ChanMount Hospital, Perth, Australia.
Yanin Chavarri-GuerraInstituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubiran, México City D.F., México.
Marcio DebiasiLatin America Cooperative Oncology Group (LACOG) and Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Elif DemirdögenDepartments of Medical Biology, General Surgery, Pathology of Medical Faculty of Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.
Ünal EgeliDepartments of Medical Biology, General Surgery, Pathology of Medical Faculty of Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.
Sahsuvar GökgözDepartments of Medical Biology, General Surgery, Pathology of Medical Faculty of Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.
Henry GomezInstituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplasicas, Lima, Perú.
Pedro LiedkeLatin America Cooperative Oncology Group (LACOG) and Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Ismet TasdelenDepartments of Medical Biology, General Surgery, Pathology of Medical Faculty of Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.
Sahsine TolunayDepartments of Medical Biology, General Surgery, Pathology of Medical Faculty of Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.
Gustavo WerutskyLatin America Cooperative Oncology Group (LACOG) and Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Jessica St LouisMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Nora HorickBiostatistics Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Dianne M FinkelsteinHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Long Phi LeHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Aditya BardiaMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Paul E GossMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Dennis C SgroiHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
A John IafrateHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Leif W EllisenMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts. lellisen@mgh.harvard.edu.
Massachusetts General Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We sought to uncover genetic drivers of hormone receptor-positive (HR

Indexed as

Gene FusionAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAnimalsBreast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorClass I Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesEstrogen Receptor alphaFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHeterocyclic Compounds, 3-RingHumansMice, NudeMiddle AgedProtein Kinase InhibitorsAKT3 protein, humanClass I Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesESR1 protein, humanEstrogen Receptor alphaHeterocyclic Compounds, 3-RingMK 2206PIK3CA protein, humanProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktProto-Oncogene Proteins c-rafPyridonesPyrimidinonesRaf1 protein, humanReceptors, SteroidRibosomal Protein S6 KinasesRPS6KC1 protein, humantrametinib

Identifiers

PMID29242214
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