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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

The Dark Side of the Force: When the Immune System Is the Fuel of Tumor Onset.

Elisabeth Digifico, Silvia Balinzo, Cristina Belgiovine

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In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

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

  1. Pooled it
  2. Seed Oil ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
    Article
  3. Review
  4. Viral oncogenesis in cancer: from mechanisms to therapeutics.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
    Review
  5. Article
  6. 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elisabeth DigificoHumanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS, Via Manzoni 56, 20089 Rozzano (MI), Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0107-1401
Silvia BalinzoHumanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS, Via Manzoni 56, 20089 Rozzano (MI), Italy.
Cristina BelgiovineHumanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS, Via Manzoni 56, 20089 Rozzano (MI), Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6986-9594
Humanitas University · IT

Funding

Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro ID24025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nowadays, it is well accepted that inflammation is a critical player in cancer, being, in most cases, the main character of the process. Different types of tumor arise from sites of infection or chronic inflammation. This non-resolving inflammation is responsible for tumor development at different levels: it promotes tumor initiation, as well as tumor progression, stimulating both tumor growth and metastasis. Environmental factors, lifestyle and infections are the three main triggers of chronic immune activation that promote or increase the risk of many different cancers. In this review, we focus our attention on tumor onset; in particular, we summarize the knowledge about the cause and the mechanisms behind the inflammation-driven cancer development.

Indexed as

Alcohol-Related DisordersAsbestosCell Transformation, NeoplasticDietDisease ProgressionEnvironmental ExposureHumansInflammationLife StyleNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasmsSignal TransductionTobacco SmokingTumor MicroenvironmentUltraviolet RaysAsbestoscancer-related inflammationchronic inflammationtumor onset

Identifiers

PMID33513730
PMCPMC7865698
OpenAlexW3123721357

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Registered trials

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