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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2020

Molecular Profiling-Based Precision Medicine in Cancer: A Review of Current Evidence and Challenges.

Qi Zhang, Qihan Fu, Xueli Bai, Tingbo Liang

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Ultra-rare TP53 and KRAS variants predict survival in ICI-treated solid tumours.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Qi ZhangDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Qihan FuThe Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Diseases of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.
Xueli BaiDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Tingbo LiangDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Matched therapy based on next-generation sequencing is now a part of routine care to guide the treatment of patients with advanced solid tumors. However, whether and to what extent patients can benefit from this strategy on a large scale remains uncertain. In the past decade, several clinical studies were performed in this field, among which only one was a randomized trial. We reviewed the literature on this topic and summarize the existing data about the efficacy of this treatment strategy. Currently, the evidence is promising but not solid. Multiple ongoing trials are also summarized. We also discuss the limitations of this treatment strategy and certain unsolved important problems, including how to select the sample and target level, how to interpret the results, and the problem of drug accessibility. All these issues should receive more attention in future clinical trial design and the application of target therapy in cancer treatment.

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clinical trialmatched therapymolecular profilingnext-generation sequencingprecision medicine

Identifiers

PMID33194591
PMCPMC7652987

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