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ReviewPharmaceutics2021

Circulating Tumour Cells (CTCs) in NSCLC: From Prognosis to Therapy Design.

Zdeněk Kejík, Robert Kaplánek, Petr Dytrych, Michal Masařík, Kateřina Veselá, Nikita Abramenko, David Hoskovec, Martina Vašáková, Jarmila Králová, Pavel Martásek and 1 more

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Zdeněk KejíkDepartment of Paediatrics and Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, 128 08 Prague, Czech Republic.
Robert KaplánekDepartment of Paediatrics and Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, 128 08 Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-5759-882X
Petr Dytrych1st Department of Surgery-Department of Abdominal, Thoracic Surgery and Traumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, 121 08 Prague, Czech Republic.
Michal MasaříkDepartment of Paediatrics and Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, 128 08 Prague, Czech Republic.
Kateřina VeseláDepartment of Paediatrics and Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, 128 08 Prague, Czech Republic.
Nikita AbramenkoDepartment of Paediatrics and Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, 128 08 Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-6184-2947
David Hoskovec1st Department of Surgery-Department of Abdominal, Thoracic Surgery and Traumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, 121 08 Prague, Czech Republic.
Martina VašákováDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Thomayer Hospital, 140 59 Prague, Czech Republic.
Jarmila KrálováInstitute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic.
Pavel MartásekDepartment of Paediatrics and Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, 128 08 Prague, Czech Republic.
Milan JakubekDepartment of Paediatrics and Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, 128 08 Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-7323-3903

Funding

Charles University Progress Q26/LF1Charles University Progress Q27/LF1Charles University SVV260521Charles University UNCE 204064Ministry of Education Youth and Sports LM2018133 (EATRIS-CZ)Ministry of Health NU21-08-00407Ministry of Health RVO-VFN-64165/2012Operational Programme Research, Development and Education CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000785Technology Agency of the Czech Republic FW02020128Technology Agency of the Czech Republic TN01000013
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Designing optimal (neo)adjuvant therapy is a crucial aspect of the treatment of non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). Standard methods of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy represent effective strategies for treatment. However, in some cases with high metastatic activity and high levels of circulating tumour cells (CTCs), the efficacy of standard treatment methods is insufficient and results in treatment failure and reduced patient survival. CTCs are seen not only as an isolated phenomenon but also a key inherent part of the formation of metastasis and a key factor in cancer death. This review discusses the impact of NSCLC therapy strategies based on a meta-analysis of clinical studies. In addition, possible therapeutic strategies for repression when standard methods fail, such as the administration of low-toxicity natural anticancer agents targeting these phenomena (curcumin and flavonoids), are also discussed. These strategies are presented in the context of key mechanisms of tumour biology with a strong influence on CTC spread and metastasis (mechanisms related to tumour-associated and -infiltrating cells, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, and migration of cancer cells).

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CTCscurcuminflavonoidsmetastasis suppressionNSCLCs

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PMID34834295
PMCPMC8619417

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