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ReviewCancers2021

Changes in Stem Cell Regulation and Epithelial Organisation during Carcinogenesis and Disease Progression in Gynaecological Malignancies.

Paula Cunnea, Christina Fotopoulou, Jennifer Ploski, Fabian Trillsch, Sven Mahner, Mirjana Kessler

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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 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 38% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Organoid technology in cervical cancer research.American journal of cancer research · 2025
    Review
  3. Review
  4. Endometrial Cancer Risk Among GermlineJCO precision oncology · 2023
    Review
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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Paula CunneaDivision of Cancer, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3699-4911
Christina FotopoulouDivision of Cancer, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK.
Jennifer PloskiDivision of Cancer, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK.
Fabian TrillschDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Marchioninistr 15, 81377 Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1860-4350
Sven MahnerDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Marchioninistr 15, 81377 Munich, Germany.
Mirjana KesslerDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Marchioninistr 15, 81377 Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9879-1052
Imperial College London · GBLMU Klinikum · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gynaecological malignancies represent a heterogeneous group of neoplasms with vastly different aetiology, risk factors, molecular drivers, and disease outcomes. From HPV-driven cervical cancer where early screening and molecular diagnostics efficiently reduced the number of advanced-stage diagnosis, prevalent and relatively well-treated endometrial cancers, to highly aggressive and mostly lethal high-grade serous ovarian cancer, malignancies of the female genital tract have unique presentations and distinct cell biology features. Recent discoveries of stem cell regulatory mechanisms, development of organoid cultures, and NGS analysis have provided valuable insights into the basic biology of these cancers that could help advance new-targeted therapeutic approaches. This review revisits new findings on stemness and differentiation, considering main challenges and open questions. We focus on the role of stem cell niche and tumour microenvironment in early and metastatic stages of the disease progression and highlight the potential of patient-derived organoid models to study key events in tumour evolution, the appearance of resistance mechanisms, and as screening tools to enable personalisation of drug treatments.

Indexed as

BRCA1/2cancer stem cellscervical cancerendometrial cancerepithelial differentiationHDR mechanismsovarian cancerpatient-derived organoidsTP53Wnt signalling

Identifiers

PMID34283069
PMCPMC8268501
OpenAlexW3180223723

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Registered trials

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