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ReviewJournal of oncology2020

Sex Hormones and Inflammation Role in Oral Cancer Progression: A Molecular and Biological Point of View.

Maria Contaldo, Mariarosaria Boccellino, Giuseppa Zannini, Antonio Romano, Antonella Sciarra, Alessandra Sacco, Giuliana Settembre, Mario Coppola, Angelina Di Carlo, Luigi D'Angelo and 3 more

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Review in Journal of oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 39 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

13 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Maria ContaldoMultidisciplinary Department of Medical, Surgical and Dental Specialties, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, NA, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4773-6694
Mariarosaria BoccellinoDepartment of Precision Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, NA, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6989-010X
Giuseppa ZanniniDepartment of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, NA, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0065-4974
Antonio RomanoMultidisciplinary Department of Medical, Surgical and Dental Specialties, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, NA, Italy.
Antonella SciarraDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, NA, Italy.
Alessandra SaccoCell Biology and Biotherapy Unit, Tumor National Istitute "Fondazione G. Pascale"-IRCCS, Naples, NA, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2676-0983
Giuliana SettembreDepartment of Precision Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, NA, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2023-4539
Mario CoppolaDepartment of Precision Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, NA, Italy.
Angelina Di CarloDepartment of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Luigi D'AngeloMultidisciplinary Department of Medical, Surgical and Dental Specialties, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, NA, Italy.
Francesco InchingoloDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
Antonia FeolaDepartment of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, NA, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0436-4621
Marina Di DomenicoDepartment of Precision Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, NA, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6201-4200
University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · ITIstituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS "Fondazione G. Pascale" · ITSapienza University of Rome · ITUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral cancers have been proven to arise from precursors lesions and to be related to risk behaviour such as alcohol consumption and smoke. However, the present paper focuses on the role of chronic inflammation, related to chronical oral infections and/or altered immune responses occurring during dysimmune and autoimmune diseases, in the oral cancerogenesis. Particularly, oral candidiasis and periodontal diseases introduce a vicious circle of nonhealing and perpetuation of the inflammatory processes, thus leading toward cancer occurrence via local and systemic inflammatory modulators and via genetic and epigenetic factors.

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PMID32684934
PMCPMC7336237
OpenAlexW3037583732

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