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ReviewCancers2020

Assessing the Current State of Lung Cancer Chemoprevention: A Comprehensive Overview.

Md Ashraf-Uz-Zaman, Aditya Bhalerao, Constantinos M Mikelis, Luca Cucullo, Nadezhda A German

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Review in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 23 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Md Ashraf-Uz-ZamanDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX 79106, USA.
Aditya BhaleraoDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX 79106, USA.
Constantinos M MikelisDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX 79106, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6119-3307
Luca CuculloDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX 79106, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2827-7162
Nadezhda A GermanDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX 79106, USA.
Texas Tech University · US

Funding

Novel Class of Chemotherapeutic Agents for Treatment of Metastatic Triple-negative Breast CancerR15CA231339 · NCI · TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIS CENTER · PI GERMAN, NADEZHDA A, MIKELIS, CONSTANTINOS MARIOS · 2018 to 2018
$459k
NCI NIH HHS R15 CA231339NIH HHS R15CA231339, 2R01DA029121, 1R01DA049737
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemoprevention of lung cancer is thought to significantly reduce the risk of acquiring these conditions in the subpopulation of patients with underlying health issues, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder and smoking-associated lung problems. Many strategies have been tested in the previous decades, with very few translating to successful clinical trials in specific subpopulations of patients. In this review, we analyze these strategies, as well as new approaches that have emerged throughout the last few years, including synthetic lethality concept and microbiome-induced regulation of lung carcinogenesis. Overall, the continuous effort in the area of lung chemoprevention is required to develop practical therapeutical approaches. Given the inconsistency of results obtained in clinical trials targeting lung cancer chemoprevention in various subgroups of patients that differ in the underlying health condition, race, and gender, we believe that individualized approaches will have more promise than generalized treatments.

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cigarette smokeinflammationnicotineoxidative stressrepurposingtumorigenesis

Identifiers

PMID32429547
PMCPMC7281533
OpenAlexW3026024982

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