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ReviewCancers2022

Local Breast Microbiota: A "New" Player on the Block.

Marina Vitorino, Diogo Alpuim Costa, Rodrigo Vicente, Telma Caleça, Catarina Santos

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Review in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Editorial: Gut microbiota in health and disease.Frontiers in gastroenterology (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025
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  15. Microbiome influencers of checkpoint blockade-associated toxicity.The Journal of experimental medicine · 2023
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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 at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Marina VitorinoMedical Oncology Department, Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca, 2720-276 Amadora, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-8058-1495
Diogo Alpuim CostaBreast Cancer Unit, CUF Oncologia, 1998-018 Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-1377-3032
Rodrigo VicenteMedical Oncology Department, Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca, 2720-276 Amadora, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-6780-4271
Telma CaleçaMedical Oncology Department, Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca, 2720-276 Amadora, Portugal.
Catarina SantosMedical Oncology Department, Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca, 2720-276 Amadora, Portugal.
Hospital Prof. Dr. Fernando Fonseca · PTCUF Porto Hospital · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The tumour microenvironment (TME) comprises a complex ecosystem of different cell types, including immune cells, cells of the vasculature and lymphatic system, cancer-associated fibroblasts, pericytes, and adipocytes. Cancer proliferation, invasion, metastasis, drug resistance and immune escape are all influenced by the dynamic interaction between cancer cells and TME. Microbes, such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, archaea and protists, found within tumour tissues, constitute the intratumour microbiota, which is tumour type-specific and distinct among patients with different clinical outcomes. Growing evidence reveals a significant relevance of local microbiota in the colon, liver, breast, lung, oral cavity and pancreas carcinogenesis. Moreover, there is a growing interest in the tumour immune microenvironment (TIME) pointed out in several cross-sectional studies on the correlation between microbiota and TME. It is now known that microorganisms have the capacity to change the density and function of anticancer and suppressive immune cells, enabling the promotion of an inflammatory environment. As immunotherapy (such as immune checkpoint inhibitors) is becoming a promising therapy using TIME as a therapeutic target, the analysis and comprehension of local microbiota and its modulating strategies can help improve cancer treatments.

Indexed as

breast cancercancerimmune microenvironmentimmune systemimmunotherapymicrobiomemicrobiotatreatment

Identifiers

PMID35954474
PMCPMC9367283
OpenAlexW4290466600

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