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ArticleDisease markers2017

Are Fusion Transcripts in Relapsed/Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer Patients Predictive of Response to Anti-EGFR Therapies?

Paolo Bossi, Marco Siano, Cristiana Bergamini, Maria Cossu Rocca, Andrea P Sponghini, Marco Giannoccaro, Luca Tonella, Alessandro Paoli, Edoardo Marchesi, Federica Perrone and 5 more

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Article in Disease markers, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. A Transcriptomic Analysis of Laryngeal Dysplasia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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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

15 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Paolo Bossi *Head and Neck Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Marco Siano *Department of Internal Medicine, Clinic for Medical Oncology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Cristiana BergaminiHead and Neck Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Maria Cossu RoccaDivision of Medical Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.
Andrea P SponghiniSC of Oncology, AOU Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy.
Marco GiannoccaroFunctional Genomics and Bioinformatics, Department of Applied Research and Technology Development, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Luca TonellaFunctional Genomics and Bioinformatics, Department of Applied Research and Technology Development, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Alessandro PaoliFunctional Genomics and Bioinformatics, Department of Applied Research and Technology Development, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Edoardo MarchesiFunctional Genomics and Bioinformatics, Department of Applied Research and Technology Development, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Federica PerroneLaboratory of Experimental Molecular Pathology, Department of Diagnostic Pathology and Laboratory, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Silvana PilottiLaboratory of Experimental Molecular Pathology, Department of Diagnostic Pathology and Laboratory, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Laura D LocatiHead and Neck Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Silvana CanevariFunctional Genomics and Bioinformatics, Department of Applied Research and Technology Development, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2963-3587
Lisa Licitra *Head and Neck Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Loris De Cecco *Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics, Department of Applied Research and Technology Development, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7066-473X
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori · ITEuropean Institute of Oncology · ITUniversità degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro” · ITUniversity of Milan · ITUniversity of St.Gallen · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prediction of benefit from combined chemotherapy and the antiepidermal growth factor receptor cetuximab is a not yet solved question in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). In a selected series of 14 long progression-free survival (PFS) and 26 short PFS patients by whole gene and microRNA expression analysis, we developed a model potentially predictive of cetuximab sensitivity. To better decipher the "omics" profile of our patients, we detected transcript fusions by RNA-seq through a Pan-Cancer panel targeting 1385 cancer genes. Twenty-seven different fusion transcripts, involving mRNA and long noncoding RNA (lncRNA), were identified. The majority of fusions (81%) were intrachromosomal, and 24 patients (60%) harbor at least one of them. The presence/absence of fusions and the presence of more than one fusion were not related to outcome, while the lncRNA-containing fusions resulted enriched in long PFS patients (

Indexed as

Antineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalB7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Squamous CellCetuximabErbB ReceptorsHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansOncogene Proteins, FusionProgrammed Cell Death 1 Ligand 2 ProteinAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalB7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorCD274 protein, humanCetuximabEGFR protein, humanErbB ReceptorsOncogene Proteins, FusionPDCD1LG2 protein, humanProgrammed Cell Death 1 Ligand 2 Protein

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PMID29259349
PMCPMC5702394
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