Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33178736›Full record

ReviewVisceral medicine2020

Circulating Tumour DNA to Guide Treatment of Gastrointestinal Malignancies.

Yat Hang To, Belinda Lee, Hui-Li Wong, Peter Gibbs, Jeanne Tie

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Review in Visceral medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 49% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 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 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yat Hang ToDivision of Systems Biology and Personalised Medicine, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Belinda LeeDivision of Systems Biology and Personalised Medicine, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Hui-Li WongDivision of Systems Biology and Personalised Medicine, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Peter GibbsDivision of Systems Biology and Personalised Medicine, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Jeanne TieDivision of Systems Biology and Personalised Medicine, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre · AUFootscray Hospital · AUWalter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research · AUWestern Health · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGastrointestinal cancers are among the most common cancers worldwide and account for a high proportion of cancer-related mortality. Advancements to improve outcomes are constrained by the lack of biomarkers that can offer early diagnostic and prognostic information as traditional serological tumour markers and conventional imaging approaches are not able to provide early information regarding disease recurrence and treatment outcomes. Recent advances in technology have allowed the detection of circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) in plasma, nucleic acid fragments released into the circulation from primary or metastatic lesions undergoing apoptosis and necrosis. A growing body of evidence has emerged supporting the use of ctDNA in many aspects of cancer care. SUMMARY: This review focuses on the potential role of ctDNA in the management of patients with gastrointestinal cancers including colorectal, pancreatic, and upper gastrointestinal cancers. In this review, we discuss its possible utility in screening, detection of minimal residual disease and prognostication, longitudinal surveillance, and identification of therapeutic targets and resistance incorporating recent literature and ongoing randomised clinical trials. KEY MESSAGES: ctDNA has substantial potential as a clinically useful marker in the management of gastrointestinal cancers from cancer screening through to treatment of advanced disease.

Indexed as

Circulating tumour DNAColorectal cancerctDNAGastrointestinal cancerLiquid biopsy

Identifiers

PMID33178736
PMCPMC7590785
OpenAlexW3092304332

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