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ReviewBiomedicines2022

Role of CA 19.9 in the Management of Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: State of the Art and Future Perspectives.

Alessandro Coppola, Vincenzo La Vaccara, Tommaso Farolfi, Michele Fiore, Roberto Cammarata, Sara Ramella, Roberto Coppola, Damiano Caputo

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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 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alessandro CoppolaGeneral Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, 00128 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5550-1756
Vincenzo La VaccaraGeneral Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, 00128 Rome, Italy.
Tommaso FarolfiGeneral Surgery, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, 00128 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1932-2846
Michele FioreRadiation Oncology, Campus Bio-Medico University, 00128 Rome, Italy.
Roberto CammarataGeneral Surgery, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, 00128 Rome, Italy.
Sara RamellaRadiation Oncology, Campus Bio-Medico University, 00128 Rome, Italy.
Roberto CoppolaGeneral Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, 00128 Rome, Italy.
Damiano CaputoGeneral Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, 00128 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7058-1945
Università Campus Bio-Medico · ITCampus Bio Medico University Hospital · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSurgery still represents the gold standard of treatment for resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Neoadjuvant treatments (NAT), currently proposed for borderline and locally advanced PDACs, are gaining momentum even in resectable tumors due to the recent interesting concept of "biological resectability". In this scenario, CA 19.9 is having increasing importance in preoperative staging and in the choice of therapeutic strategies. We aimed to assess the state of the art and to highlight the future perspectives of CA 19.9 use in the management of patients with resectable pancreatic cancer.

methodsA PubMed database search of articles published up to December 2021 has been carried out.

resultsElevated pre-operative levels of CA 19.9 have been associated with reduced overall survival, nodal involvement, and margin status positivity after surgery. These abilities of CA 19.9 increase when combined with radiological or different biological criteria. Unfortunately, due to strong limitations of previously published articles, CA 19.9 alone cannot be yet considered as a key player in resectable pancreatic cancer patient management.

conclusionThe potential of CA 19.9 must be fully explored in order to standardize its role in the "biological staging" of patients with resectable pancreatic cancer.

Indexed as

CA 19.9early detectionneoadjuvant treatmentpancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaresectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaupfront surgery

Identifiers

PMID36140192
PMCPMC9495897
OpenAlexW4293415016

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