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ArticleCells2021

Cancer Stem Cells: What Do We Know about Them?

Ira Skvortsova

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Article in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
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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

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Expression of ALDH1A1 & Nanog in squamous cell carcinoma of cervix.The Indian journal of medical research · 2025
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  8. Cancer stem cells and their role in metastasis.Central European journal of urology · 2025
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  12. Molecular Radiotherapy withInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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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

1 author.

Ira SkvortsovaLaboratory for Experimental and Translational Research on Radiation Oncology (EXTRO-Lab), Department of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Innsbruck Medical University, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-8993-611X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During past decades, survival rates in cancer patients have drastically improved due to the successful development of novel, promising chemical compounds and therapeutic schedules [...].

Indexed as

Neoplastic Stem CellsAnimalsHumans

Identifiers

PMID34204391
PMCPMC8234152

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