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ReviewOncotarget2017

Circulating biomarkers in osteosarcoma: new translational tools for diagnosis and treatment.

Lavinia Raimondi, Angela De Luca, Viviana Costa, Nicola Amodio, Valeria Carina, Daniele Bellavia, Pierfrancesco Tassone, Stefania Pagani, Milena Fini, Riccardo Alessandro and 1 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03895216 (Identification and Characterization of Predictive Factors of Onset of Bone Metastases in Cancer Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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32citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT03895216 completednot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

Identification and Characterization of Predictive Factors of Onset of Bone Metastases in Cancer Patients

TypeobservationalSponsorIstituto Ortopedico RizzoliRan2018 to 2021Enrolled34ConditionsBone Metastases
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Trends of publications on primary sarcomas of bone: A bibliometric analysis.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2025
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  7. Whole-Exome Analysis and Osteosarcoma: A Game Still Open.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  11. Liquid biopsy for diagnostic and prognostic evaluation of melanoma.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lavinia RaimondiRizzoli Orthopedic Institute, Bologna, Italy.
Angela De LucaRizzoli Orthopedic Institute, Bologna, Italy.
Viviana CostaRizzoli Orthopedic Institute, Bologna, Italy.
Nicola AmodioDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
Valeria CarinaRizzoli Orthopedic Institute, Bologna, Italy.
Daniele BellaviaRizzoli Orthopedic Institute, Bologna, Italy.
Pierfrancesco TassoneDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
Stefania PaganiRizzoli Orthopedic Institute, Laboratory of Preclinical and Surgical Studies, Bologna, Italy.
Milena FiniRizzoli Orthopedic Institute, Laboratory of Preclinical and Surgical Studies, Bologna, Italy.
Riccardo AlessandroBiology and Genetics Unit, Department of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Gianluca GiavaresiRizzoli Orthopedic Institute, Innovative Technology Platforms for Tissue Engineering, Theranostic and Oncology, Palermo, Italy.
Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli · ITMagna Graecia University · ITIstituto di Biomedicina e di Immunologia Molecolare Alberto Monroy · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteosarcoma (OS) is a rare primary malignant bone tumour arising from primitive bone-forming mesenchymal cells, with high incidence in children and young adults, accounting for approximately 60% of all malignant bone tumours. Currently, long-term disease-free survival can be achieved by surgical treatment plus chemotherapy in approximately 60% of patients with localized extremity disease, and in 20-30% of patients with metastatic lung or bone disease. Diagnosis of primary lesions and recurrences is achieved by using radiological investigations and standard tissue biopsy, the latter being costly, painful and hardly repeatable for patients. Therefore, despite some recent advances, novel biomarkers for OS diagnosis, prediction of response to therapy, disease progression and chemoresistance, are urgently needed. Biological fluids such as blood represent a rich source of non-invasive cancer biomarkers, which allow to understand what is really happening inside the tumour, either at diagnosis or during disease progression. In this regard, liquid biopsy potentially represents an alternative and non-invasive method to detect tumour onset, progression and response to therapy. In this review, we will summarize the state of the art in this novel area, illustrating recent studies on OS. Although the data reported in literature seem preliminary, liquid biopsy represents a promising tool with the potential to be rapidly translated in the clinical practice.

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biomarkersblood serumliquid biopsyosteosarcomapersonalized medicine

Identifiers

PMID29246026
PMCPMC5725068
OpenAlexW2742445143

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