Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29334991›Full record

ReviewJournal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR2018

Role of the nervous system in cancer metastasis.

Nyanbol Kuol, Lily Stojanovska, Vasso Apostolopoulos, Kulmira Nurgali

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Review in Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
85citing papers in PubMed
11.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

85 citing papers in PubMed, 146 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nyanbol KuolCentre for Chronic Disease, College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
Lily StojanovskaCentre for Chronic Disease, College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
Vasso ApostolopoulosCentre for Chronic Disease, College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
Kulmira NurgaliCentre for Chronic Disease, College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. Kulmira.Nurgali@vu.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2597-6929
Victoria University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer remains as one of the leading cause of death worldwide. The development of cancer involves an intricate process, wherein many identified and unidentified factors play a role. Although most studies have focused on the genetic abnormalities which initiate and promote cancer, there is overwhelming evidence that tumors interact within their environment by direct cell-to-cell contact and with signaling molecules, suggesting that cancer cells can influence their microenvironment and bidirectionally communicate with other systems. However, only in recent years the role of the nervous system has been recognized as a major contributor to cancer development and metastasis. The nervous system governs functional activities of many organs, and, as tumors are not independent organs within an organism, this system is integrally involved in tumor growth and progression.

Indexed as

Cell CommunicationTumor MicroenvironmentAnimalsEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionHumansNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasmsNervous SystemNeuropeptidesNeurotransmitter AgentsSignal TransductionNeuropeptidesNeurotransmitter AgentsCancerMetastasisNeuro-cancer interactionNeuropeptidesNeurotransmitters

Identifiers

PMID29334991
PMCPMC5769535
OpenAlexW2783275286

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