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ReviewCancers2021

Next-Generation Biomarkers for Cholangiocarcinoma.

Pedro M Rodrigues, Arndt Vogel, Marco Arrese, Domingo C Balderramo, Juan W Valle, Jesus M Banales

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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 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Using cell-free DNA tumor methylation score to detect and monitor cholangiocarcinoma.HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association · 2026
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  4. Cholangiocarcinoma 2026: status quo, unmet needs and priorities.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2026
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  17. New perspectives in biliary tract cancers.ESMO gastrointestinal oncology · 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

6 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Pedro M RodriguesDepartment of Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Donostia University Hospital, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 20014 San Sebastian, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6193-7436
Arndt VogelDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0560-5538
Marco ArreseDepartment of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 8330077, Chile.
Domingo C BalderramoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hospital Privado Centro Médico de Córdoba, Instituto Universitario de Ciencias Biomédicas de Córdoba, Córdoba 5000, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0001-9598-2577
Juan W ValleDivision of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
Jesus M BanalesDepartment of Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Donostia University Hospital, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 20014 San Sebastian, Spain.
Hospital Privado · ARIkerbasque · ESMedizinische Hochschule Hannover · DEPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile · CLUniversity of Manchester · GBUniversity of the Basque Country · ES

Funding

AMMF- The Cholangiocarcinoma Charity UKBIOEF (Basque Foundation for Innovation and Health Research) EiTB Maratoia BIO15/CA/016/BDCarlos III Health Institute (ISCIII) CD19/00254CIBERehd (ISCIII)Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica CONICYT, AFB170005, CARE Chile UCDepartment of Health of the Basque Country 2017111010Department of Industry of the Basque Country Elkartek: KK-2020/00008European Horizon 2020 COST Action CA18122European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program 825510Euskadi RIS3 2016222001, 2017222014, 2018222029; 2019222054, 2020333010Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico FONDECYT 1191145Fundación Científica de la Asociación Española Contra el CáncerIkerbasque, Basque Foundation for ScienceLa Caixa Scientific Foundation HR17-00601Spanish Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII) FIS PI15/01132, PI18/01075 and Miguel Servet Program CON14/00129 and CPII19/00008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The increasing mortality rates of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) registered during the last decades are, at least in part, a result of the lack of accurate non-invasive biomarkers for early disease diagnosis, making the identification of patients who might benefit from potentially curative approaches (i.e., surgery) extremely challenging. The obscure CCA pathogenesis and associated etiological factors, as well as the lack of symptoms in patients with early tumor stages, highly compromises CCA identification and to predict tumor development in at-risk populations. Currently, CCA diagnosis is accomplished by the combination of clinical/biochemical features, radiological imaging and non-specific serum tumor biomarkers, although a tumor biopsy is still needed to confirm disease diagnosis. Furthermore, prognostic and predictive biomarkers are still lacking and urgently needed. During the recent years, high-throughput omics-based approaches have identified novel circulating biomarkers (diagnostic and prognostic) that might be included in large, international validation studies in the near future. In this review, we summarize and discuss the most recent advances in the field of biomarker discovery in CCA, providing new insights and future research directions.

Indexed as

biomarkerscholangiocarcinomadiagnosisomicsprognosis

Identifiers

PMID34203269
PMCPMC8269024
OpenAlexW3174595695

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Registered trials

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