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ArticleCancers2020

Radiosensitivity of Cancer Stem Cells Has Potential Predictive Value for Individual Responses to Radiotherapy in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer.

Caterina Puglisi, Raffaella Giuffrida, Giuseppina Borzì, Paolo Di Mattia, Anna Costa, Cristina Colarossi, Enrica Deiana, Maria Carolina Picardo, Lorenzo Colarossi, Marzia Mare and 3 more

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Article in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Caterina PuglisiIOM Ricerca Srl, Viagrande, I-95029 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1991-0082
Raffaella GiuffridaIOM Ricerca Srl, Viagrande, I-95029 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5907-3704
Giuseppina BorzìREM Radioterapia, Viagrande, I-95029 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2552-4583
Paolo Di MattiaSurgical Oncology Unit, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Viagrande, I-95029 Catania, Italy.
Anna CostaIOM Ricerca Srl, Viagrande, I-95029 Catania, Italy.
Cristina ColarossiPathology Unit, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Viagrande, I-95029 Catania, Italy.
Enrica DeianaSurgical Oncology Unit, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Viagrande, I-95029 Catania, Italy.
Maria Carolina PicardoSurgical Oncology Unit, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Viagrande, I-95029 Catania, Italy.
Lorenzo ColarossiPathology Unit, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Viagrande, I-95029 Catania, Italy.
Marzia MareMedical Oncology Unit, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Viagrande, I-95029 Catania, Italy.
Lorenza MarinoREM Radioterapia, Viagrande, I-95029 Catania, Italy.
Alfio Di GraziaREM Radioterapia, Viagrande, I-95029 Catania, Italy.
Stefano ForteIOM Ricerca Srl, Viagrande, I-95029 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5746-7451

Funding

Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico F/0157/00/X26
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neo-adjuvant radiotherapy is frequently employed in the therapeutic management of locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC). Radiotherapy can both reduce local recurrence and improve the success of surgical procedures by reducing tumor mass size. However, some patients show a poor response to treatment, which results in primary resistance or relapse after apparent curative surgery. In this work, we report in vitro and in vivo models based on patient-derived cancer stem cells (CSCs); these models are able to predict individual responses to radiotherapy in LARC. CSCs isolated from colorectal cancer biopsies were subjected to in vitro irradiation with the same clinical protocol used for LARC patients. Animal models, generated by CSC xenotransplantation, were also obtained and treated with the same radiotherapy protocol. The results indicate that CSCs isolated from rectal cancer needle biopsies possess an intrinsic grade of sensitivity to treatment, which is also maintained in the animal model. Notably, the specific CSCs' in vitro and in vivo sensitivity values correspond to patients' responses to radiotherapy. This evidence suggests that an in vitro radiotherapy response predictivity assay could support clinical decisions for the management of LARC patients, thus avoiding radiation toxicity to resistant patients and reducing the treatment costs.

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cancer stem cellsin vitro radiotherapylocally advanced rectal cancer (LARC)neo-adjuvant radiotherapypreclinical model of radiotherapy

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PMID33297488
PMCPMC7762426
OpenAlexW3110684529

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