Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29891787›Full record

ReviewCancers2018

Emerging Therapies and Future Directions in Targeting the Tumor Stroma and Immune System in the Treatment of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma.

Daniel H Ahn, Ramesh K Ramanathan, Tanios Bekaii-Saab

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Review in Cancers, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 23 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniel H AhnDepartment of Hematology/Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, 5777 E. Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA. ahn.daniel@mayo.edu.
Ramesh K RamanathanDepartment of Hematology/Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, 5777 E. Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA. ramanathan.ramesh@mayo.edu.
Tanios Bekaii-SaabDepartment of Hematology/Medical Oncology, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, 5777 E. Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA. bekaii-saab.tanios@mayo.edu.
Mayo Clinic in Arizona · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is typically refractory to conventional treatments and associated with poor prognosis. While therapeutic advances over the past several years have improved patient outcomes, the observed benefits have been modest at best, highlighting the need for continued development of alternate treatment strategies. The tumor microenvironment has been identified as being integral to oncogenesis through its direct effect on cellular pathway communication, immune inhibition, and promoting chemo-resistance. A more in depth understanding of the biology of the disease, in addition with our ability to develop more effective novel therapies have led to ongoing studies that are investigating several promising treatment options in this disease. Herein, we highlight and review the therapeutic landscape in pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Indexed as

desmoplasiaimmunotherapymicroenvironmentnovel targeted therapiespancreatic adenocarcinomastroma

Identifiers

PMID29891787
PMCPMC6025083
OpenAlexW2808488348

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Registered trials

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