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Targeting Angiogenesis in Colorectal Carcinoma.

Anthony Lopez, Kazuto Harada, Maria Vasilakopoulou, Namita Shanbhag, Jaffer A Ajani

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Review in Drugs, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
50citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

50 citing papers in PubMed, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. The Current Role of Antiangiogenics in Colorectal Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  19. Biological factors driving colorectal cancer metastasis.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2024
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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Anthony LopezDepartment of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Kazuto HaradaDepartment of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Maria VasilakopoulouDepartment of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Namita ShanbhagDepartment of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Jaffer A AjaniDepartment of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. jajani@mdanderson.org.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neo-angiogenesis plays a key role in colorectal cancer, with the vascular endothelial growth factor family proteins and their receptors in particular triggering multiple signaling networks that result in endothelial cell survival, migration, mitogenesis, differentiation, and vascular permeability. Anti-angiogenic therapies have improved colorectal cancer prognosis within the past 15 years. Bevacizumab demonstrated efficacy in combination with chemotherapy under different conditions, including as first- and second-line therapies, and also as a maintenance treatment strategy. Other drugs targeting angiogenesis effectors (e.g., ramucirumab and aflibercept) were approved after bevacizumab failure, confirming the concept of "continuous anti-angiogenic blocking". Recently, a number of new orally available multiple receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors have been tested in late-stage clinical trials, with modest efficacy. Due to the availability of several anti-angiogenic agents, we need well-designed prospective randomized trials to optimize therapeutic sequencing. The place of biosimilars in the therapeutic armamentarium remains unclear at the moment. Further research is warranted to identify robust predictive biomarkers of efficacy and innovative clinically meaningful anti-angiogenic drugs that are cost-efficient.

Indexed as

Colorectal NeoplasmsAngiogenesis InhibitorsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic AgentsBevacizumabBiosimilar PharmaceuticalsHumansNeovascularization, PathologicRamucirumabReceptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth FactorRecombinant Fusion ProteinsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AafliberceptAngiogenesis InhibitorsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic AgentsBevacizumabBiosimilar PharmaceuticalsRamucirumabReceptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth FactorRecombinant Fusion ProteinsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor A

Identifiers

PMID30617958
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