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ReviewCancers2020

Urinary Biomarkers in Bladder Cancer: Where Do We Stand and Potential Role of Extracellular Vesicles.

Manuel Castanheira de Oliveira, Hugo R Caires, Maria J Oliveira, Avelino Fraga, M Helena Vasconcelos, Ricardo Ribeiro

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Urinary MicroRNAs as Biomarkers of Urological Cancers: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  7. Bladder cancer biomarkers.Exploration of targeted anti-tumor therapy · 2025
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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Manuel Castanheira de Oliveirai3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-7884-5121
Hugo R Cairesi3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-7657-7410
Maria J Oliveirai3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-0724-0272
Avelino Fragai3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-2999-0963
M Helena Vasconcelosi3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-7801-4643
Ricardo Ribeiroi3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-9785-857X
Universidade do Porto · PTUniversity of Lisbon · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small membrane vesicles released by all cells and involved in intercellular communication. Importantly, EVs cargo includes nucleic acids, lipids, and proteins constantly transferred between different cell types, contributing to autocrine and paracrine signaling. In recent years, they have been shown to play vital roles, not only in normal biological functions, but also in pathological conditions, such as cancer. In the multistep process of cancer progression, EVs act at different levels, from stimulation of neoplastic transformation, proliferation, promotion of angiogenesis, migration, invasion, and formation of metastatic niches in distant organs, to immune escape and therapy resistance. Moreover, as products of their parental cells, reflecting their genetic signatures and phenotypes, EVs hold great promise as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers. Importantly, their potential to overcome the current limitations or the present diagnostic procedures has created interest in bladder cancer (BCa). Indeed, cystoscopy is an invasive and costly technique, whereas cytology has poor sensitivity for early staged and low-grade disease. Several urine-based biomarkers for BCa were found to overcome these limitations. Here, we review their potential advantages and downfalls. In addition, recent literature on the potential of EVs to improve BCa management was reviewed and discussed.

Indexed as

biomarkersbladder cancerextracellular vesiclesliquid biopsymicrovesiclesurothelial cancer

Identifiers

PMID32485907
PMCPMC7352974
OpenAlexW3030531254

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Registered trials

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