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ReviewBritish journal of cancer2022

Clinical applications and utility of cell-free DNA-based liquid biopsy analyses in cervical cancer and its precursor lesions.

Johanna Herbst, Klaus Pantel, Katharina Effenberger, Harriet Wikman

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In one paragraph

Review in British journal of cancer, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. A DNA methylation assay (MPap) using self-collected tampon versus cytology collection swab for endometrial cancer detection.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2026
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  11. Advances in cervical cancer: current insights and future directions.Cancer communications (London, England) · 2025
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  13. A review of urinary HPV testing for cervical cancer management and HPV vaccine surveillance: rationale, strategies, and limitations.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2024
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Johanna HerbstDepartment of Tumour Biology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Klaus PantelDepartment of Tumour Biology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5736-2772
Katharina Effenberger *Department of Tumour Biology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7121-8371
Harriet Wikman *Department of Tumour Biology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. h.wikman@uke.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6862-0888
Universität Hamburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human papilloma virus (HPV) is an infectious carcinogenic agent. Nearly all cervical cancers are positive for one of the high-risk HPV subtypes. Although the introduction of the HPV vaccines in many countries have shown tremendous positive effects on the incidence of both cervical intraepithelial lesions (CIN) and invasive cancer, the large majority of females worldwide are still not vaccinated. Patients with diagnosed high-grade CIN need a lifelong close monitoring of possible relapse or development of invasive cancer. Different blood-based liquid biopsy approaches have shown great promise as an easily obtainable minimally invasive tool for early detection and monitoring of disease. Among the different liquid biopsy approaches the clinical relevance of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in cervical cancer has been best investigated. In cervical cancer, the DNA fragments can be of both, human as well as viral origin. Thus, the mutation and methylation status of genes related to carcinogenesis as well as the HPV status can be analysed in plasma from cervical cancer patients. This review describes recent advances in different cfDNA approaches for early detection and monitoring of cervical cancer and its precursor lesions.

Indexed as

AlphapapillomavirusCell-Free Nucleic AcidsPapillomavirus InfectionsPapillomavirus VaccinesUterine Cervical DysplasiaUterine Cervical NeoplasmsBiopsyDNADNA, ViralFemaleHumansLiquid BiopsyNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPapillomaviridaeCell-Free Nucleic AcidsDNADNA, ViralPapillomavirus Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID35725812
PMCPMC9554027
OpenAlexW4283167529

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