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ReviewOncology reports2021

Metastatic pancreatic cancer: Mechanisms and detection (Review).

Xiangling Chen, Fangfang Liu, Qingping Xue, Xiechuan Weng, Fan Xu

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Review in Oncology reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Necroptosis in pancreatic cancer: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic implications.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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  3. Targeting orthotopic and metastatic pancreatic cancer with allogeneic stem cell-engineered mesothelin-redirected CAR-NKT cells.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  8. The impact of metastatic sites on survival Rates and predictors of extended survival in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer.Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.] · 2024
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  18. Landmarks in pancreatic cancer studies.Cancer cell international · 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

5 authors.

Xiangling ChenDepartment of Public Health, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, P.R. China.
Fangfang LiuDepartment of Art, Art College, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China.
Qingping XueDepartment of Public Health, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, P.R. China.
Xiechuan WengDepartment of Neuroscience, Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, P.R. China.
Fan XuDepartment of Public Health, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, P.R. China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a lethal malignancy. Its prevalence rate remains low but continues to grow each year. Among all stages of PC, metastatic PC is defined as late‑stage (stage IV) PC and has an even higher fatality rate. Patients with PC do not have any specific clinical manifestations. Most cases are inoperable at the time‑point of diagnosis. Prognosis is also poor even with curative‑intent surgery. Complications during surgery, postoperative pancreatic fistula and recurrence with metastatic foci make the management of metastatic PC difficult. While extensive efforts were made to improve survival outcomes, further elucidation of the molecular mechanisms of metastasis poses a formidable challenge. The present review provided an overview of the mechanisms of metastatic PC, summarizing currently known signaling pathways (e.g. epithelial‑mesenchymal transition, NF‑κB and KRAS), imaging that may be utilized for early detection and biomarkers (e.g. carbohydrate antigen 19‑9, prostate cancer‑associated transcript‑1, F‑box/LRR‑repeat protein 7 and tumor stroma), giving insight into promising therapeutic targets.

Indexed as

Biomarkers, TumorEarly Detection of CancerHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingNeoplasm MetastasisPancreatic NeoplasmsTomography, X-Ray ComputedBiomarkers, Tumorbiomarkermechanismpancreatic cancer metastasissignaling pathway

Identifiers

PMID34498718
PMCPMC8444192

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