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ReviewCancer management and research2019

State of the art for gastric signet ring cell carcinoma: from classification, prognosis, and genomic characteristics to specified treatments.

Julita Machlowska, Małgorzata Pucułek, Monika Sitarz, Paweł Terlecki, Ryszard Maciejewski, Robert Sitarz

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Review in Cancer management and research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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41citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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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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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Julita MachlowskaDepartment of Human Anatomy, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland, r.sitarz@umlub.pl.
Małgorzata PucułekDepartment of Human Anatomy, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland, r.sitarz@umlub.pl.
Monika SitarzDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
Paweł TerleckiDepartment of Surgery, St. John's Cancer Center, Lublin, Poland, r.sitarz@umlub.pl.
Ryszard MaciejewskiDepartment of Human Anatomy, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland, r.sitarz@umlub.pl.
Robert SitarzDepartment of Human Anatomy, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland, r.sitarz@umlub.pl.
Medical University of Lublin · PLLublin Oncology Center · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastric cancer (GC) is responsible for 9% of cancer deaths worldwide. Over 950,000 new cases are diagnosed each year, and about 90% of them are in advanced stage, requiring chemotherapy. In Europe there has been research based on pre- and postoperative chemotherapy treatment, using 5-fluorouracil, epirubicin, cisplatin, capecitabine, and docetaxel. Chemotherapy significantly impairs the quality of life of patients; however, the final effects are not always satisfactory. There is scientific evidence that gastric mucus tumors and signet ring cell carcinomas have a pattern of specific signatures, that distinguish them from other gastric cancer subtypes, and may be associated with a poor response to systematic treatment. Signet ring cell carcinoma is less chemosensitive than others, and the increase in the percentage of signet ring cells correlates with resistance to chemotherapy. Perioperative chemotherapy in advanced signet ring cell carcinomas is an independent factor of poor prognosis and survival, which is explained by the toxicity of neoadjuvant treatment. Therefore, curative surgical resection enhanced by standardized lymphadenectomy remains the recommended gold standard in GC therapy. According to presented studies, early detection and aggressive treatments for this subtype of GC is a reasonable approach. This review paper is mostly addressed to physicians who are interested in updating to the state of the art concerning different subtypes of gastric carcinoma.

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adjuvant chemotherapyadvanced stageCDH1gastrectomygastric cancersignet ring cellsTP53

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PMID30936747
PMCPMC6421895
OpenAlexW2921875981

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