Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33408498›Full record

ArticleJournal of inflammation research2020

The Prognostic Significance of 5-Fluorouracil Induced Inflammation and Immuno-Modulation in Colorectal Cancer Patients.

Mona S Abdellateif, Salem E Salem, Doaa M Badr, Sabry Shaarawy, Marwa M Hussein, Abdel-Rahman N Zekri, Mariam A Fouad

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of inflammation research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Elevated CCL20 and IL-10 enhance 5-fluorouracil tolerance in colon cancer.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2025
    Article
  3. Cancer therapy and cachexia.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2025
    Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mona S AbdellateifMedical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cancer Biology Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-5510-4435
Salem E SalemMedical Oncology Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-6204-5031
Doaa M BadrPharmacology and Experimental Oncology Unit, Cancer Biology Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Sabry ShaarawyMedical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cancer Biology Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Marwa M HusseinMedical Oncology Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo, Egypt.
Abdel-Rahman N ZekriVirology and Immunology Unit, Cancer Biology Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo, Egypt.
Mariam A FouadPharmacology and Experimental Oncology Unit, Cancer Biology Department, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-0000-133X
Cairo University · EGChildren Cancer Hospital · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThe change in the levels of peripheral inflammatory markers together with EGFR in relation to 5- fluorouracil (5-FU) therapy was evaluated for their prognostic significance in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. PATIENTS AND

methodsExpression levels of COX2, IL6, IL1β, EGFR, IL10, and TNFα were determined with quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) in the peripheral blood of 90 CRC patients. The inflammatory response was correlated with patients' clinical features, disease-free survival (DFS), and overall survival (OS).

resultsAfter 6 months of 5-FU therapy, increased inflammatory response was found to be associated with smoking, T3 or T4 tumors, performance status (PS) III, positive lymph nodes, distant metastasis, and gastrointestinal (GIT) toxicity. The combination of COX2 with interleukins in a predictive equation for DFS was significant in patients with over-expression of EGFR. DFS and OS rates were reduced in patients with increased COX2, IL6, IL10, and TNFα expression with 5-FU therapy. Significant hazard of disease progression was associated with smoking (HR=1.27,

conclusionThe peripheral effects of 5-FU therapy have shown a significant impact on the treatment outcome of CRC patients.

Indexed as

5-fluorouracilcolorectal cancerCOX2EGFRinterleukinssurvivalTNFα

Identifiers

PMID33408498
PMCPMC7781028
OpenAlexW3116994906

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.