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SynthesisBiomolecules2021

Circulating MicroRNAs as Novel Potential Diagnostic Biomarkers for Osteosarcoma: A Systematic Review.

Thaís Borges Gally, Milena Magalhães Aleluia, Grasiely Faccin Borges, Carla Martins Kaneto

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Synthesis in Biomolecules, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Thaís Borges GallyDepartment of Health Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, llhéus 45662-900, BA, Brazil.
Milena Magalhães AleluiaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus 45662-900, BA, Brazil.
Grasiely Faccin BorgesPublic Policies and Social Technologies Center, Federal University of Southern Bahia, Itabuna 45613-204, BA, Brazil.
Carla Martins KanetoDepartment of Biological Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus 45662-900, BA, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-9585-4759
Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz · BRUniversidade Federal do Sul da Bahia · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteosarcoma (OS) is a fast-progressing bone tumor with high incidence in children and adolescents. The main diagnostic methods for OS are imaging exams and biopsies. In spite of the several resources available for detecting the disease, establishing an early diagnosis is still difficult, resulting in worse prognosis and lower survival rates for patients with OS. The identification of novel biomarkers would be helpful, and recently, circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) have been pointed to as possible non-invasive biomarkers. In order to assess the effectiveness of miRNA research, we performed a systematic review to assess the potential role of circulating miRNAs as biomarkers for OS diagnosis. We performed a search in various databases-PubMed, LILACS (Literatura Latino-americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde), VHL (Virtual Health Library), Elsevier, Web of Science, Gale Academic One File-using the terms: "Circulating microRNAs" OR "plasma microRNAs" OR "serum microRNAs" OR "blood microRNAs" OR "cell-free microRNAs" OR "exosome microRNAs" OR "extracellular vesicles microRNAs" OR "liquid biopsy" AND "osteosarcoma" AND "diagnostic". We found 35 eligible studies that were independently identified and had had their quality assessed according to Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (QUADAS-2) guidelines. Despite the useful number of publications on this subject and the fact that several microRNAs showed excellent diagnostic performance for OS, the lack of consistency in results suggests that additional prospective studies are needed to confirm the role of circulating miRNAs as non-invasive biomarkers in OS.

Indexed as

Biomarkers, TumorCirculating MicroRNAHumansOsteosarcomaPublication BiasRiskBiomarkers, TumorCirculating MicroRNAcirculating microRNAsdiagnosticmicroRNAsosteosarcoma

Identifiers

PMID34680065
PMCPMC8533382
OpenAlexW3203764244

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