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ReviewCells2022

Review of Mechanisms and Treatment of Cancer-Induced Cardiac Cachexia.

Vignesh Vudatha, Teja Devarakonda, Christopher Liu, Devon C Freudenberger, Andrea N Riner, Kelly M Herremans, Jose G Trevino

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In one paragraph

Review in Cells, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
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  4. Article
  5. Cardiac wasting in patients with cancer.Basic research in cardiology · 2025
    Review
  6. Cardiac wasting in patients with cancer.Basic research in cardiology · 2025
    Review
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Understanding cachexia and its impact on lung cancer and beyond.Chinese medical journal pulmonary and critical care medicine · 2024
    Review
  11. Metabolomics-driven discovery of therapeutic targets for cancer cachexia.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2024
    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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Vignesh VudathaDepartment of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, 1200 E Broad St., P.O. Box 980011, Richmond, VA 23219, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3624-3771
Teja DevarakondaDepartment of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, 1200 E Broad St., P.O. Box 980011, Richmond, VA 23219, USA.
Christopher LiuDepartment of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, 1200 E Broad St., P.O. Box 980011, Richmond, VA 23219, USA.
Devon C FreudenbergerDepartment of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, 1200 E Broad St., P.O. Box 980011, Richmond, VA 23219, USA.
Andrea N RinerDepartment of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, 1600 SW Archer Rd, P.O. Box 100287, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2088-5400
Kelly M HerremansDepartment of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, 1600 SW Archer Rd, P.O. Box 100287, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0454-0931
Jose G TrevinoDepartment of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, 1200 E Broad St., P.O. Box 980011, Richmond, VA 23219, USA.
Virginia Commonwealth University · USUniversity of Florida · US

Funding

Tissue Modeling & Drug Development Shared Resources CoreU54CA233444 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI Chanita A. Hughes-Halbert, Tianze Jiao · 2018 to 2026
$12.1M
Training Program for Applied Research and Development in Genomic MedicineT32HG008958 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI Larisa Humma Cavallari, Stephen E. Kimmel · 2018 to 2026
$3.8M
Training Program in Cancer Prevention and Control and Cancer Health Equity (CPC-CHE)T32CA093423 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI Bernard F Fuemmeler, Oxana G Palesh · 2018 to 2026
$3.0M
Use of BCL-xL Proteolysis targeting chimeras to treat pancreatic cancerR01CA242003 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI TREVINO, JOSE G., ZHENG, GUANGRONG · 2019 to 2023
$2.6M
Anesthesiology Research Training ProgramT32GM089586 · NIGMS · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI EBERT, THOMAS JAY · 2010 to 2019
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA242003NCI NIH HHS T32 CA093423NCI NIH HHS U54 CA233444NHGRI NIH HHS T32 HG008958NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM089586
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer cachexia is a multifactorial, paraneoplastic syndrome that impacts roughly half of all cancer patients. It can negatively impact patient quality of life and prognosis by causing physical impairment, reducing chemotherapy tolerance, and precluding them as surgical candidates. While there is substantial research on cancer-induced skeletal muscle cachexia, there are comparatively fewer studies and therapies regarding cardiac cachexia in the setting of malignancy. A literature review was performed using the PubMed database to identify original articles pertaining to cancer-induced cardiac cachexia, including its mechanisms and potential therapeutic modalities. Seventy studies were identified by two independent reviewers based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. While there are multiple studies addressing the pathophysiology of cardiac-induced cancer cachexia, there are no studies evaluating therapeutic options in the clinical setting. Many treatment modalities including nutrition, heart failure medication, cancer drugs, exercise, and gene therapy have been explored in in vitro and mice models with varying degrees of success. While these may be beneficial in cancer patients, further prospective studies specifically focusing on the assessment and treatment of the cardiac component of cachexia are needed.

Indexed as

CachexiaNeoplasmsAnimalsHeartHumansMiceProspective StudiesQuality of Lifecancercardiac cachexiareactive oxygen speciesTNFα

Identifiers

PMID35326491
PMCPMC8947347
OpenAlexW4220881284

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