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ArticleCancer discovery2020

Pan-Cancer Efficacy of Vemurafenib in

Vivek Subbiah, Igor Puzanov, Jean-Yves Blay, Ian Chau, A Craig Lockhart, Noopur S Raje, Juergen Wolf, José Baselga, Funda Meric-Bernstam, Jason Roszik and 6 more

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Article in Cancer discovery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
78citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

78 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 121 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 9 institutions in 5 countries.

Vivek Subbiah *The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. dhyman@loxooncology.com vsubbiah@mdanderson.org.ORCID 0000-0002-6064-6837
Igor Puzanov *Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York.
Jean-Yves BlayCentre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France.ORCID 0000-0001-7190-120X
Ian ChauRoyal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-0286-8703
A Craig LockhartUniversity of Miami, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, Florida.
Noopur S RajeMassachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Juergen WolfUniversitätsklinikum Köln, Köln, Germany.
José BaselgaMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Funda Meric-BernstamThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Jason RoszikThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.ORCID 0000-0002-4561-6170
Eli L DiamondMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.ORCID 0000-0001-5456-5961
Gregory J RielyMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Eric J ShermanMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Todd RiehlGenentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California.
Bethany PitcherF. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
David M Hyman *Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. dhyman@loxooncology.com vsubbiah@mdanderson.org.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USCentre Léon Bérard · FRCentrum für Integrierte Onkologie · DEMassachusetts General Hospital · USRoche (Canada) · CARoswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center · USRoyal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · GBSylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Scott Kopetz · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overHumansMiddle AgedNeoplasmsProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafTreatment OutcomeVemurafenibYoung AdultProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafVemurafenib

Identifiers

PMID32029534
PMCPMC7196502
OpenAlexW3005155748

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Registered trials

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