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ReviewCancers2019

The Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Microenvironment as a Potential Target for Cancer Therapy.

Jan Plzák, Jan Bouček, Veronika Bandúrová, Michal Kolář, Miluše Hradilová, Pavol Szabo, Lukáš Lacina, Martin Chovanec, Karel Smetana

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 49 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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jan PlzákDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague 15006, Czech Republic. jan.plzak@lf1.cuni.cz.ORCID 0000-0003-3710-4455
Jan BoučekDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague 15006, Czech Republic. jan.boucek@lf1.cuni.cz.
Veronika BandúrováDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague 15006, Czech Republic. veronika.bandurova@lf1.cuni.cz.
Michal KolářInstitute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 14220, Czech Republic. kolarmi@img.cas.cz.
Miluše HradilováInstitute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 14220, Czech Republic. miluse.hradilova@img.cas.cz.
Pavol SzaboInstitute of Anatomy, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague 12800, Czech Republic. pavol.szabo@lf1.cuni.cz.
Lukáš LacinaInstitute of Anatomy, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague 12800, Czech Republic. lukas.lacina@lf1.cuni.cz.ORCID 0000-0002-1750-9933
Martin ChovanecDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague 10034, Czech Republic. martin.chovanec@lf3.cuni.cz.
Karel SmetanaInstitute of Anatomy, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague 12800, Czech Republic. karel.smetana@lf1.cuni.cz.ORCID 0000-0002-7878-8403
Charles University · CZCzech Academy of Sciences · CZ

Funding

BIOCEV CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0109"Center for Tumor Ecology - Research of the Cancer Microenvironment Supporting Cancer Growth and Spread" CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000785Grant Agency of the Czech Republic 19-05048S 0Project BIOCEV-FAR reg. no. LQ1604
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Similarly to other types of malignant tumours, the incidence of head and neck cancer is increasing globally. It is frequently associated with smoking and alcohol abuse, and in a broader sense also with prolonged exposure to these factors during ageing. A higher incidence of tumours observed in younger populations without a history of alcohol and tobacco abuse may be due to HPV infection. Malignant tumours form an intricate ecosystem of cancer cells, fibroblasts, blood/lymphatic capillaries and infiltrating immune cells. This dynamic system, the tumour microenvironment, has a significant impact on the biological properties of cancer cells. The microenvironment participates in the control of local aggressiveness of cancer cells, their growth, and their consequent migration to lymph nodes and distant organs during metastatic spread. In cancers originating from squamous epithelium, a similarity was demonstrated between the cancer microenvironment and healing wounds. In this review, we focus on the specificity of the microenvironment of head and neck cancer with emphasis on the mechanism of intercellular crosstalk manipulation for potential therapeutic application.

Indexed as

cancercancer-associated fibroblastcancer ecosystemcancer microenvironmentcancer therapycytokineextracellular matrixIL-6tumour-associated macrophages

Identifiers

PMID30925774
PMCPMC6520833
OpenAlexW2924211196

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