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ReviewOncoTargets and therapy2020

Locally Advanced Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Challenges and Progress.

Amelia Barcellini, Andrea Peloso, Luigi Pugliese, Viviana Vitolo, Lorenzo Cobianchi

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Review in OncoTargets and therapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 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

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Amelia BarcelliniNational Center of Oncological Hadrontherapy (Fondazione CNAO), Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1595-104X
Andrea PelosoDivisions of Transplantation and Visceral Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-3089-0230
Luigi PuglieseGeneral Surgery, Foundation IRCCS San Matteo Hospital, Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0537-4787
Viviana VitoloNational Center of Oncological Hadrontherapy (Fondazione CNAO), Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7833-827X
Lorenzo CobianchiGeneral Surgery, Foundation IRCCS San Matteo Hospital, Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6773-5453
National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITUniversity of Geneva · CHUniversity of Pavia · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the major causes of death in the Western world, and it is estimated to become the second leading cause of tumour-related mortality in the next 10 years. Among pancreatic cancers, ductal adenocarcinomas are by far the most common, characterised by a challenging diagnosis due to the lack of initial and pathognomonic clinical signs. In this scenario, non-metastatic locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC) accounts for a large proportion of all new pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma diagnoses. There is no consensus on a common definition of LAPC. Still, it usually includes tumours that are not resectable due to vascular involvement. As of today, treatment is limited, and the prognosis is very unfavourable. Curative-intent surgery remains the gold-standard even if often jeopardized by vascular involvement. Continuing progress in our understanding of LAPC genetics and immunology will permit the development of different treatments, targeted or combined, including radiation therapy, hadrontherapy, targeted immunotherapies or new chemotherapies. A multidisciplinary approach combining various fields of expertise is essential in aiming to limit disease progression as well as patient outcome. Using a narrative literature review approach, the manuscript explores the most up-to-date knowledge concerning locally advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma management.

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hadrontherapypancreatic cancerrisk factorssurgerytreatment

Identifiers

PMID33335406
PMCPMC7737010
OpenAlexW3112325957

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