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ReviewWorld journal of gastrointestinal oncology2021

Liquid biopsy in cholangiocarcinoma: Current status and future perspectives.

Gianluca Rompianesi, Marcello Di Martino, Alex Gordon-Weeks, Roberto Montalti, Roberto Troisi

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Review in World journal of gastrointestinal oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed
8.6field-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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Cholangiocarcinoma: The era of liquid biopsy.World journal of gastroenterology · 2025
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  13. Biliary tract cancers: advances in diagnostic and management.Exploration of targeted anti-tumor therapy · 2025
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  15. Cholangiocarcinoma.Cancer treatment and research · 2024
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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gianluca RompianesiHepato-Bilio-Pancreatic, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University Hospital, Napoli 80131, Italy. gianlucarompianesi@gmail.com.
Marcello Di MartinoHepato-Bilio-Pancreatic Surgery Unit, Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Universitario La Princesa, Madrid 28006, Spain.
Alex Gordon-WeeksNuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom.
Roberto MontaltiHepato-Bilio-Pancreatic, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University Hospital, Napoli 80131, Italy.
Roberto TroisiHepato-Bilio-Pancreatic, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University Hospital, Napoli 80131, Italy.
University of Oxford · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) are a heterogeneous group of tumors in terms of aetiology, natural history, morphological subtypes, molecular alterations and management, but all sharing complex diagnosis, management, and poor prognosis. Several mutated genes and epigenetic changes have been detected in CCA, with the potential to identify diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets. Accessing tumoral components and genetic material is therefore crucial for the diagnosis, management and selection of targeted therapies; but sampling tumor tissue, when possible, is often risky and difficult to be repeated at different time points. Liquid biopsy (LB) represents a way to overcome these issues and comprises a diverse group of methodologies centering around detection of tumor biomarkers from fluid samples. Compared to the traditional tissue sampling methods LB is less invasive and can be serially repeated, allowing a real-time monitoring of the tumor genetic profile or the response to therapy. In this review, we analysis the current evidence on the possible roles of LB (circulating DNA, circulating RNA, exosomes, cytokines) in the diagnosis and management of patients affected by CCA.

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Biliary tumorsCholangiocarcinomaCirculating biomarkersCirculating DNACirculating RNACytokinesExosomesLiquid biopsy

Identifiers

PMID34040697
PMCPMC8131901
OpenAlexW3160044809

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