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ReviewJournal of personalized medicine2019

Clinical Applications of Circulating Tumour DNA in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma.

Matthew Loft, Belinda Lee, Jeanne Tie, Peter Gibbs

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Review in Journal of personalized medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 48% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 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

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Matthew LoftSystems Biology and Personalised Medicine Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville 3050, Australia. loft.m@wehi.edu.au.
Belinda LeeSystems Biology and Personalised Medicine Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville 3050, Australia.
Jeanne TieSystems Biology and Personalised Medicine Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville 3050, Australia.
Peter GibbsSystems Biology and Personalised Medicine Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville 3050, Australia.
Footscray Hospital · AUUniversity of Melbourne · AUWalter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research · AUWestern Health · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma remains one of the most aggressive cancers with an ongoing dismal survival rate despite some recent advances in treatment options. This is largely due to the typically late presentation and limited effective therapeutic options in advanced disease. There are numerous circulating biomarkers that have potential clinical application as tumour markers, including circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA), circulating tumour cells (CTCs), cell-free RNA (cfRNA), exosomes and circulating tumour proteins. This review will focus on the development of ctDNA as a non-invasive liquid biopsy, with its high sensitivity and specificity having potential clinical applications in pancreatic cancer. These include a role in screening, prognostication via the detection of minimal residual disease, early detection of recurrence, and for patients with advanced disease; tumour genotyping and monitoring treatment response. Prospective randomised adjuvant clinical trials are currently underway, exploring the impact of ctDNA-guided adjuvant therapy decisions. In this review, we provide perspectives on the current literature and considerations of future directions.

Indexed as

circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA), biomarkersintratumoural heterogeneityliquid biopsymolecular resistancepancreatic cancerpersonalised oncologytargeted therapy

Identifiers

PMID31323810
PMCPMC6789869
OpenAlexW2957628971

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