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ReviewOncology letters2019

Inflammation: A key process in skin tumorigenesis.

Monica Neagu, Carolina Constantin, Constantin Caruntu, Carmen Dumitru, Mihaela Surcel, Sabina Zurac

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Review in Oncology letters, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 102 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
102citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

102 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 123 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Photocarcinogenesis of the skin: Current status and future trends.The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences · 2025
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42 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Monica NeaguImmunobiology Laboratory, 'Victor Babes' National Institute of Pathology, 050096 Bucharest, Romania.
Carolina ConstantinImmunobiology Laboratory, 'Victor Babes' National Institute of Pathology, 050096 Bucharest, Romania.
Constantin CaruntuDepartment of Physiology, 'Carol Davila' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania.
Carmen DumitruDepartment of Pathology, Colentina Clinical Hospital, 020125 Bucharest, Romania.
Mihaela SurcelImmunobiology Laboratory, 'Victor Babes' National Institute of Pathology, 050096 Bucharest, Romania.
Sabina ZuracDepartment of Pathology, Colentina Clinical Hospital, 020125 Bucharest, Romania.
Institutul National Victor Babes · ROSpitalul Clinic Colentina · ROCarol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The extremely delicate shift from an inflammatory process to tumorigenesis is a field of major scientific interest. While the inflammation induced by environmental agents has well known underlying mechanisms, less is known concerning the oncogenic changes that follow an inflammatory chronic status in the tissue microenvironment that can lead to pro-tumorigenic processes. Regardless of the origin of the environmental factors, the maintenance of an inflammatory microenvironment is a clear condition that favors tumorigenesis. Inflammation sustains the proliferation and survival of malignant transformed cells, can promote angiogenesis and metastatic processes, can negatively regulate the antitumoral adaptive and innate immune responses and may alter the efficacy of therapeutic agents. There is an abundance of studies focusing on molecular pathways that trigger inflammation-mediated tumorigenesis, and these data have revealed a series of biomarkers that can improve the diagnosis and prognosis in oncology. In skin there is a clear connection between tissue destruction, inflammation and tumor onset. Inflammation is a self-limiting process in normal physiological conditions, while tumor is a constitutive process activating new pro-tumor mechanisms. Among skin cancers, the most commonly diagnosed skin cancers, squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma (BCC) have important inflammatory components. The most aggressive skin cancer, melanoma, is extensively research in regards to the new context of novel developed immune-therapies. In skin cancers, inflammatory markers can find their place in the biomarker set for improvement of diagnosis and prognosis.

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immune cellsinflammasomeinflammationmelanomanon-melanoma skin cancertumorigenesis

Identifiers

PMID30944600
PMCPMC6444305
OpenAlexW2901638087

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