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Trial reportScientific reports2020

VEGF-A165b levels are reduced in breast cancer patients at primary diagnosis but increase after completion of cancer treatment.

Maria Margarete Karsten, Maximilian Heinz Beck, Angela Rademacher, Julia Knabl, Jens-Uwe Blohmer, Julia Jückstock, Julia Caroline Radosa, Paul Jank, Brigitte Rack, Wolfgang Janni

Open access · goldAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIIMulticenter Study
In one paragraph

Trial report in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. The Progress of Platelets in Breast Cancer.Cancer management and research · 2023
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  7. The VEGF/VEGFR Axis Revisited: Implications for Cancer Therapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Maria Margarete Karsten *Department of Gynecology and Breast Care Center, University Hospital, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Maria-margarete.karsten@charite.de.
Maximilian Heinz Beck *Department of Gynecology and Breast Care Center, University Hospital, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Angela RademacherDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Julia KnablDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Jens-Uwe BlohmerDepartment of Gynecology and Breast Care Center, University Hospital, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Julia JückstockDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Julia Caroline RadosaDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2024-2907
Paul JankDepartment of Pathology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Brigitte RackDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Wolfgang JanniDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
LMU Klinikum · DECharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEPhilipps University of Marburg · DESaarland University · DEUniversity Hospital Ulm · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The antiangiogenic splice variant VEGF-A165b is downregulated in a variety of cancer entities, but little is known so far about circulating plasma levels. The present analysis addresses this question and examines circulating VEGF-A/VEGF-A165b levels in a collective of female high-risk breast cancer patients over the course of treatment. Within the SUCCES-A trial 205 patients were recruited after having received primary breast surgery. Using ELISA VEGF-A/VEGF-A165b concentrations were determined and correlated to clinical characteristics (1) before adjuvant chemotherapy, (2) four weeks and (3) two years after therapy and compared to healthy controls (n = 107). VEGF

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AdolescentAdultAntineoplastic AgentsBreast NeoplasmsChemotherapy, AdjuvantCohort StudiesFemaleHumansVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AYoung AdultAntineoplastic AgentsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVEGFA protein, human

Identifiers

PMID32108136
PMCPMC7046696
OpenAlexW3010390066

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