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ReviewCancers2021

Biomarkers and Lung Cancer Early Detection: State of the Art.

Elisa Dama, Tommaso Colangelo, Emanuela Fina, Marco Cremonesi, Marinos Kallikourdis, Giulia Veronesi, Fabrizio Bianchi

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Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Elisa DamaCancer Biomarkers Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6918-6577
Tommaso ColangeloCancer Biomarkers Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6927-403X
Emanuela FinaHumanitas Research Center, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, 20089 Rozzano, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9837-4320
Marco CremonesiAdaptive Immunity Laboratory, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, 20089 Rozzano, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8817-2186
Marinos KallikourdisAdaptive Immunity Laboratory, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, 20089 Rozzano, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9318-3368
Giulia VeronesiDivision of Thoracic Surgery, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy.
Fabrizio BianchiCancer Biomarkers Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7412-8638

Funding

Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro IG-22827European Commission CLEARLYMinistero della Salute GR-2016-02363975Ministero della Salute GR-2019-12370460
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lung cancer burden is increasing, with 2 million deaths/year worldwide. Current limitations in early detection impede lung cancer diagnosis when the disease is still localized and thus more curable by surgery or multimodality treatment. Liquid biopsy is emerging as an important tool for lung cancer early detection and for monitoring therapy response. Here, we reviewed recent advances in liquid biopsy for early diagnosis of lung cancer. We summarized DNA- or RNA-based biomarkers, proteins, autoantibodies circulating in the blood, as well as circulating tumor cells (CTCs), and compared the most promising studies in terms of biomarkers prediction performance. While we observed an overall good performance for the proposed biomarkers, we noticed some critical aspects which may complicate the successful translation of these biomarkers into the clinical setting. We, therefore, proposed a roadmap for successful development of lung cancer biomarkers during the discovery, prioritization, and clinical validation phase. The integration of innovative minimally invasive biomarkers in screening programs is highly demanded to augment lung cancer early detection.

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biomarkersearly diagnosisliquid biopsylung cancer

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PMID34359818
PMCPMC8345487

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