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ArticleTranslational oncology2018

Chemotherapy and Radiofrequency-Induced Mild Hyperthermia Combined Treatment of Orthotopic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Xenografts.

Martyna Krzykawska-Serda, Mahdi S Agha, Jason Chak-Shing Ho, Matthew J Ware, Justin J Law, Jared M Newton, Lam Nguyen, Steven A Curley, Stuart J Corr

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Article in Translational oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Martyna Krzykawska-SerdaBaylor College of Medicine, Dept. of Surgery, Houston, TX, USA; Jagiellonian University, Dept. Biophysics Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Krakow, Poland.
Mahdi S AghaBaylor College of Medicine, Dept. of Surgery, Houston, TX, USA.
Jason Chak-Shing HoBaylor College of Medicine, Dept. of Surgery, Houston, TX, USA.
Matthew J WareBaylor College of Medicine, Dept. of Surgery, Houston, TX, USA.
Justin J LawBaylor College of Medicine, Dept. of Surgery, Houston, TX, USA.
Jared M NewtonBaylor College of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Houston, TX, USA; Baylor College of Medicine, Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Lam NguyenBaylor College of Medicine, Dept. of Surgery, Houston, TX, USA.
Steven A CurleyBaylor College of Medicine, Dept. of Surgery, Houston, TX, USA; Rice University, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Houston, TX, USA.
Stuart J CorrBaylor College of Medicine, Dept. of Surgery, Houston, TX, USA; Rice University, Dept. of Chemistry and Smalley-Curl Institute, Houston, TX, USA; University of Houston, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Houston, TX, USA; Swansea University, Medical School, Swansea, Wales, UK. Electronic address: scorr@bcm.edu.
Baylor College of Medicine · USJagiellonian University · PLRice University · USSwansea University · GB

Funding

TRANS-NETWORK PROJECTSU54CA143837 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI CURLEY, STEVEN ALAN · 2009 to 2014
$10.8M
Training Program in Translational Biology and Molecular MedicineT32GM088129 · NIGMS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI ROONEY, CLIONA M., VAN DEN VEYVER, IGNATIA B · 2010 to 2019
$3.0M
BCM Oncology Scholars Training ProgramT32CA174647 · NCI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI LIN, WEEI-CHIN · 2014 to 2018
$1.2M
Immunomodulatory Nanoparticles in Combination with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for the Systemic Treatment of Immunosuppressive HPV Associated Oropharyngeal CancerF31DE026682 · NIDCR · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI NEWTON, JARED MICHAEL · 2016 to 2019
$118k
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA174647NCI NIH HHS U54 CA143837NIDCR NIH HHS F31 DE026682NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM088129
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDAC) have one of the poorest survival rates of all cancers. The main reason for this is related to the unique tumor stroma and poor vascularization of PDAC. As a consequence, chemotherapeutic drugs, such as nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine, cannot efficiently penetrate into the tumor tissue. Non-invasive radiofrequency (RF) mild hyperthermia treatment was proposed as a synergistic therapy to enhance drug uptake into the tumor by increasing tumor vascular inflow and perfusion, thus, increasing the effect of chemotherapy. RF-induced hyperthermia is a safer and non-invasive technique of tumor heating compared to conventional contact heating procedures. In this study, we investigated the short- and long-term effects (~20 days and 65 days, respectively) of combination chemotherapy and RF hyperthermia in an orthotopic PDAC model in mice. The benefit of nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine treatment was confirmed in mice; however, the effect of treatment was statistically insignificant in comparison to saline treated mice during long-term observation. The benefit of RF was minimal in the short-term and completely insignificant during long-term observation.

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