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ReviewCancers2021

Electrochemotherapy in Vulvar Cancer and Cisplatin Combined with Electroporation. Systematic Review and In Vitro Studies.

Anna Myriam Perrone, Gloria Ravegnini, Stefano Miglietta, Lisa Argnani, Martina Ferioli, Eugenia De Crescenzo, Marco Tesei, Marco Di Stanislao, Giulia Girolimetti, Giuseppe Gasparre and 5 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.0field-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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. European Society of Gynaecological Oncology Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Vulvar Cancer - Update 2023.International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society · 2023
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  2. Tumor ablation in children.Pediatric radiology · 2025
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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

15 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Anna Myriam PerroneDivision of Oncologic Gynecology, IRCCS-Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3140-4772
Gloria RavegniniDepartment of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7774-402X
Stefano MigliettaCentro di Studio e Ricerca delle Neoplasie Ginecologiche (CSR), University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7755-2028
Lisa ArgnaniInstitute of Hematology, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4225-4626
Martina FerioliRadiation Oncology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8012-4510
Eugenia De CrescenzoDivision of Oncologic Gynecology, IRCCS-Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Marco TeseiDivision of Oncologic Gynecology, IRCCS-Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Marco Di StanislaoDivision of Oncologic Gynecology, IRCCS-Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Giulia GirolimettiCentro di Studio e Ricerca delle Neoplasie Ginecologiche (CSR), University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8917-3634
Giuseppe GasparreCentro di Studio e Ricerca delle Neoplasie Ginecologiche (CSR), University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Anna Maria PorcelliCentro di Studio e Ricerca delle Neoplasie Ginecologiche (CSR), University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Francesca De TerlizziScientific & Medical Department IGEA S.p.A., 41012 Carpi, Italy.
Claudio ZamagniCentro di Studio e Ricerca delle Neoplasie Ginecologiche (CSR), University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Alessio Giuseppe MorgantiCentro di Studio e Ricerca delle Neoplasie Ginecologiche (CSR), University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9793-3410
Pierandrea De IacoDivision of Oncologic Gynecology, IRCCS-Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Azienda USL di Bologna · ITUniversity of Bologna · ITIGEA Clinical Biophysics (Italy) · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electrochemotherapy (ECT) is an emerging treatment for solid tumors and an attractive research field due to its clinical results. This therapy represents an alternative local treatment to the standard ones and is based on the tumor-directed delivery of non-ablative electrical pulses to maximize the action of specific cytotoxic drugs such as cisplatin (CSP) and bleomycin (BLM) and to promote cancer cell death. Nowadays, ECT is mainly recommended as palliative treatment. However, it can be applied to a wide range of superficial cancers, having an impact in preventing or delaying tumor progression and therefore in improving quality of life. In addition, during the natural history of the tumor, early ECT may improve patient outcomes. Our group has extensive clinical and research experience on ECT in vulvar tumors in the palliative setting, with 70% overall response rate. So far, in most studies, ECT was based on BLM. However, the potential of CSP in this setting seems interesting due to some theoretical advantages. The purpose of this report is to: (i) compare the efficacy of CSP and BLM-based ECT through a systematic literature review; (ii) report the results of our studies on CSP-resistant squamous cell tumors cell lines and the possibility to overcome chemoresistance using ECT; (iii) discuss the future ECT role in gynecological tumors and in particular in vulvar carcinoma.

Indexed as

bleomycincisplatinelectrochemotherapyvulvar cancer

Identifiers

PMID33919139
PMCPMC8122585
OpenAlexW3156628922

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