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ReviewResearch and reports in urology2019

Circulating blood miRNAs for prostate cancer risk stratification: miRroring the underlying tumor biology with liquid biopsies.

Christianne Hoey, Stanley K Liu

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Review in Research and reports in urology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 37% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Liquid biopsies in cancer.Molecular biomedicine · 2025
    Review
  2. Review
  3. MicroRNA Dysregulation in Prostate Cancer.Pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine · 2022
    Article
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  7. Differential MicroRNA Signatures in the Pathogenesis of Barrett's Esophagus.Clinical and translational gastroenterology · 2020
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christianne HoeyBiological Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON M4N 3M5, Canada, stanley.liu@sunnybrook.ca.
Stanley K LiuBiological Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON M4N 3M5, Canada, stanley.liu@sunnybrook.ca.
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current risk stratification methods for prostate cancer - although they have seen marked improvements over the past decades - are far from perfect. Despite the significant utility of prostate-specific antigen as a biomarker to monitor for disease recurrence, it cannot predict which tumors will recur or recommend the best treatment for patients. Similarly, although biopsies are imperative for diagnosis and staging, they are saddled with limitations and risks. We must move toward a noninvasive biomarker that has predictive and prognostic efficacy. We therefore review the current literature on circulating miRNA biomarkers, apply their use to two significant clinical problems (ie, how limitations of prostate biopsies can impact diagnosis and treatment management, and the need to tailor treatment for a clinically heterogeneous disease), and evaluate how circulating miRNAs have inherent properties that make them ideal liquid biomarkers. We also outline current gaps in knowledge that must be addressed before they can be implemented into routine clinical practice. With further research on their function and validation of their biomarker utility in large prospective cohorts, circulating miRNAs will likely prove to be the liquid biopsies of tomorrow.

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biomarkermiRNAplasmaprostate cancerrisk stratificationserum

Identifiers

PMID30881943
PMCPMC6398395
OpenAlexW2916983545

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