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ReviewCells2021

Impacts of Environmental Factors on Head and Neck Cancer Pathogenesis and Progression.

Marisol Miranda-Galvis, Reid Loveless, Luiz Paulo Kowalski, Yong Teng

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Review in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
58citing papers in PubMed
15.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

58 citing papers in PubMed, 98 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Marisol Miranda-GalvisDepartment of Oral Biology and Diagnostic Sciences, Dental College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.
Reid LovelessDepartment of Oral Biology and Diagnostic Sciences, Dental College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2237-7442
Luiz Paulo KowalskiDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology, A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo 01509, Brazil.
Yong TengDepartment of Oral Biology and Diagnostic Sciences, Dental College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1856-7289
Augusta University · USUniversidade de São Paulo · BR

Funding

ATAD3A as a Novel Target in Head and Neck CancerR01DE028351 · NIDCR · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI TENG, YONG · 2019 to 2023
$1.9M
The Impact of Arf1 on Hypoxia Signaling and Oral CancerR03DE028387 · NIDCR · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI TENG, YONG · 2019 to 2020
$306k
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE028351NIDCR NIH HHS R03 DE028387
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epidemiological and clinical studies over the past two decades have provided strong evidence that genetic elements interacting with environmental components can individually and collectively influence one's susceptibility to cancer. In addition to tumorigenic properties, numerous environmental factors, such as nutrition, chemical carcinogens, and tobacco/alcohol consumption, possess pro-invasive and pro-metastatic cancer features. In contrast to traditional cancer treatment, modern therapeutics not only take into account an individual's genetic makeup but also consider gene-environment interactions. The current review sharpens the focus by elaborating on the impact that environmental factors have on the pathogenesis and progression of head and neck cancer and the underlying molecular mechanisms involved. Recent advances, challenges, and future perspectives in this area of research are also discussed. Inhibiting key environmental drivers of tumor progression should yield survival benefits for patients at any stage of head and neck cancer.

Indexed as

Disease ProgressionEnvironmentHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansMicrobiotaRisk FactorsSmokinganticancerenvironmental factorshead and neck cancermetastasismodern therapy

Identifiers

PMID33668576
PMCPMC7917998
OpenAlexW3131000321

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Registered trials

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