Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29433541›Full record

ReviewJournal of hematology & oncology2018

Circular RNAs: a new frontier for cancer diagnosis and therapy.

Miaoci Zhang, Yan Xin

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Review in Journal of hematology & oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 132 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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132citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

132 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Predicting circRNA-Drug Sensitivity Using Integrated Hybrid Graph and Molecular Features.Interdisciplinary sciences, computational life sciences · 2026
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  13. Salivary biomarkers: a promising approach for predicting immunotherapy response in head and neck cancers.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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  18. Role of circular RNAs in preeclampsia (Review).Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2024
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72 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

2 authors.

Miaoci ZhangLaboratory of Gastrointestinal Onco-Pathology, Cancer Institute & General Surgery Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, 155 Nanjing North Street, Heping District, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, 110001, China.
Yan XinLaboratory of Gastrointestinal Onco-Pathology, Cancer Institute & General Surgery Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, 155 Nanjing North Street, Heping District, Shenyang, Liaoning Province, 110001, China. yxin@cmu.edu.cn.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, circular RNAs (circRNAs) have attracted considerable attention because they play a significant role in many fields of cancer biology. Additionally, it has become increasingly clear that circRNAs have the potential to make contributions to the successful application of individualized cancer medicine. This brief review introduces circRNAs by describing their potential as a biomarker and therapeutic target and discussing the possible strategies to target them. This review also presents the challenges that are encountered by circRNAs for their definitive entry into clinical practice. Clearly, our understanding of circRNAs helps to add a new dimension to the molecular structure of cancer and will provide many new opportunities for cancer treatment.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiomarkers, TumorGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenetic TherapyHumansNeoplasmsPrognosisRNARNA, CircularBiomarkers, TumorRNARNA, CircularBiomarkerCancerCircRNADiagnosisPrognosisTherapy

Identifiers

PMID29433541
PMCPMC5809913

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