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ReviewCancer management and research2020

Gastric Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma: Current Management and Future Challenges.

Yang Li, Zhikai Zhu, Fuhai Ma, Liyan Xue, Yantao Tian

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Review in Cancer management and research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.7field-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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Yang LiDepartment of Pancreatic and Gastric Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-4549-7087
Zhikai ZhuSchool of Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Fuhai MaDepartment of Pancreatic and Gastric Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Liyan XueDepartment of Pathology, National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-5185-0126
Yantao TianDepartment of Pancreatic and Gastric Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in the epidemiology, pathology, molecular mechanisms, and combined modality therapy (CMT) fields have shown that gastric signet ring cell carcinoma (GSRC) should be considered a distinct cancerous entity. Clinical management of this cancer is challenging, with chemoradioresistance and poor outcomes in advanced stages. Pathological and molecular sets of GSRC demonstrate different features of poor cohesion and differentiation according to the WHO, Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, and Laurén classifications. These features also result in poor response to adjuvant and neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. Certain studies of GSRC showed the disputed effectiveness of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy and immunotherapy. Our aim was to discuss how an improved understanding of these therapeutic benefits may provide better treatment selection for patients, and therefore improve survival. The challenges in the new understanding of GSRC in routine practice and pathology, and the current limitations of treatment will also be discussed.

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combined modality therapygastric cancerpathologysignet ring cell

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PMID32943931
PMCPMC7478370
OpenAlexW3082671790

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