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ReviewBiomedicines2022

Current Screening Strategies for Pancreatic Cancer.

Petr Vanek, Ondrej Urban, Vincent Zoundjiekpon, Premysl Falt

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Review in Biomedicines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Petr Vanek2nd Department of Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology and Geriatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University and University Hospital, Olomouc, I.P. Pavlova 185/6, 77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-9573-5277
Ondrej Urban2nd Department of Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology and Geriatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University and University Hospital, Olomouc, I.P. Pavlova 185/6, 77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-6705-7912
Vincent Zoundjiekpon2nd Department of Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology and Geriatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University and University Hospital, Olomouc, I.P. Pavlova 185/6, 77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-5673-3276
Premysl Falt2nd Department of Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology and Geriatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University and University Hospital, Olomouc, I.P. Pavlova 185/6, 77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
University Hospital Olomouc · CZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a dreaded malignancy with a dismal 5-year survival rate despite maximal efforts on optimizing treatment strategies. Radical surgery is the only potential curative procedure. Unfortunately, the majority of patients are diagnosed with locally advanced or metastatic disease, which renders them ineligible for curative resection. Early detection of PDAC is thus considered to be the most effective way to improve survival. In this regard, pancreatic screening has been proposed to improve results by detecting asymptomatic stages of PDAC and its precursors. There is now evidence of benefits of systematic surveillance in high-risk individuals, and the current guidelines emphasize the potential of screening to affect overall survival in individuals with genetic susceptibility syndromes or familial occurrence of PDAC. Here we aim to summarize the current knowledge about screening strategies for PDAC, including the latest epidemiological data, risk factors, associated hereditary syndromes, available screening modalities, benefits, limitations, as well as management implications.

Indexed as

diagnosishereditary pancreatic cancerpancreaspancreatic cancerpancreatic ductal adenocarcinomascreening

Identifiers

PMID36140157
PMCPMC9495594
OpenAlexW4293214349

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Registered trials

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