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ReviewCellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands)2021

Angiogenesis as a hallmark of solid tumors - clinical perspectives.

Jamal Majidpoor, Keywan Mortezaee

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Review in Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 136 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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136citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
15.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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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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

136 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 249 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jamal MajidpoorDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.
Keywan MortezaeeCancer and Immunology Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran. keywan987@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2004-3465
Gonabad University of Medical Sciences · IRKurdistan University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAngiogenesis is a key and early step in tumorigenesis, and is known as a hallmark of solid tumors and a key promoter of tumor recurrence. Unlike normal tissue vessels, the architecture of the tumor vasculature is abnormal, being leaky, tortuous, fragile and blind-ended. Perivascular cells are either detached or absent, causing reduction of vascular integrity, an increase in vessel immaturity, incoherent perfusion, defective functionality and enhanced tumor dissemination and metastasis. The abnormal tumor vasculature along with the defective tumor vessel functionality finally causes bouts of hypoxia and acidity in the tumor microenvironment (TME), further reinvigorating tumor aggression. Interstitial hypertension or high interstitial fluid pressure (IFP) is an outcome of tumor hyper-permeability. High IFP can be a barrier for either effective delivery of anti-cancer drugs toward the TME or accumulation of drugs within the tumor area, thus promoting tumor resistance to therapy. Some tumors do, however, not undergo angiogenesis but instead undergo vessel co-option or vascular mimicry, thereby adding another layer of complexity to cancer development and therapy.

conclusionsCombination of anti-angiogenesis therapy with chemotherapy and particularly with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) is a promising strategy for a number of advanced cancers. Among the various approaches for targeting tumor angiogenesis, vascular normalization is considered as the most desired method, which allows effective penetration of chemotherapeutics into the tumor area, thus being an appropriate adjuvant to other cancer modalities.

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Angiogenesis InhibitorsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsDrug Therapy, CombinationHumansNeoplasmsNeoplastic Stem CellsNeovascularization, PathologicPericytesTumor MicroenvironmentAngiogenesis InhibitorsAntineoplastic AgentsAngiogenesisBevacizumabCancer stem cell (CSC)ChemotherapyCombination therapyEndothelial cell (EC)HypoxiaNormalizationPazopanibPericyteProgrammed death-1 receptor (PD-1)Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1)SunitinibTumor microenvironment (TME)Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)Vascular mimicryVessel co‐option

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PMID33835425
PMCPMC12980750
OpenAlexW3140673583

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