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ArticleCancers2018

Elevated Polyamines in Saliva of Pancreatic Cancer.

Yasutsugu Asai, Takao Itoi, Masahiro Sugimoto, Atsushi Sofuni, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, Reina Tanaka, Ryosuke Tonozuka, Mitsuyoshi Honjo, Shuntaro Mukai, Mitsuru Fujita and 11 more

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Article in Cancers, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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53citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.2field-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

53 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Salivary metabolites to detect patients with cancer: a systematic review.International journal of clinical oncology · 2020
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  5. A Novel Polyamine Oxidase fromBiotech (Basel (Switzerland)) · 2026
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  8. Tumor-Derived Polyamines Initiate Fat Wasting in Cancer Cachexia.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  9. Challenges of early detection of pancreatic cancer.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2025
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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

21 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yasutsugu AsaiDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan. yacchan85@yahoo.co.jp.
Takao ItoiDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan. itoi@tokyo-med.ac.jp.
Masahiro SugimotoResearch and Development Center for Minimally Invasive Therapies Health Promotion and Preemptive Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-8402, Japan. mshrsgmt@tokyo-med.ac.jp.ORCID 0000-0003-3316-2543
Atsushi SofuniDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan. a-sofuni@amy.hi-ho.ne.jp.
Takayoshi TsuchiyaDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan. tsuchiya623@mac.com.
Reina TanakaDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan. onakasuicyatta@yahoo.co.jp.
Ryosuke TonozukaDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan. tonozuka1978@gmail.com.
Mitsuyoshi HonjoDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan. 3244honjo@gmail.com.
Shuntaro MukaiDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan. maezora1031@yahoo.co.jp.ORCID 0000-0001-5737-620X
Mitsuru FujitaDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan. fujita.com.com@gmail.com.
Kenjiro YamamotoDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan. kenjirojiro5544@yahoo.co.jp.
Yukitoshi MatsunamiDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan. yukitoshimatsunami1228@yahoo.co.jp.
Takashi KurosawaDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan. takasikurosawa716@yahoo.co.jp.
Yuichi NagakawaThird Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan. KKK-miku@ttck.keio.ac.jp.
Miku KanekoInstitute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0052, Japan. sana.ota@ttck.keio.ac.jp.
Sana OtaInstitute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0052, Japan. soga@sfc.keio.ac.jp.
Shigeyuki KawachiFourth Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center, Hachioji, Tokyo 190-0998, Japan. skawachi@tokyo-med.ac.jp.
Motohide ShimazuFourth Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center, Hachioji, Tokyo 190-0998, Japan. mt@sfc.keio.ac.jp.
Tomoyoshi SogaInstitute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0052, Japan. naga@tokyo-med.ac.jp.
Masaru TomitaInstitute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata 997-0052, Japan. shimazu2401@yahoo.co.jp.
Makoto SunamuraFourth Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center, Hachioji, Tokyo 190-0998, Japan. be7@xui.biglobe.ne.jp.
Tokyo Medical University · JPKeio University · JPTokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Detection of pancreatic cancer (PC) at a resectable stage is still difficult because of the lack of accurate detection tests. The development of accurate biomarkers in low or non-invasive biofluids is essential to enable frequent tests, which would help increase the opportunity of PC detection in early stages. Polyamines have been reported as possible biomarkers in urine and saliva samples in various cancers. Here, we analyzed salivary metabolites, including polyamines, using capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry. Salivary samples were collected from patients with PC (

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metabolomicspancreatic cancerpolyaminessaliva

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PMID29401744
PMCPMC5836075
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