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ReviewWorld journal of gastrointestinal surgery2023

Current and emerging therapeutic approaches for colorectal cancer: A comprehensive review.

Anil Kumar, Vipasha Gautam, Arushi Sandhu, Kajal Rawat, Antika Sharma, Lekha Saha

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In one paragraph

Review in World journal of gastrointestinal surgery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07736495 (Evaluation of the Protective Effect of Alpha-Lipoic Acid Against 5-Fluorouracil-Induced Oral Mucositis in Colorectal Cancer Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 167 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
167citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
48.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT07736495 phase2 / phase3recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Evaluation of the Protective Effect of Alpha-Lipoic Acid Against 5-Fluorouracil-Induced Oral Mucositis in Colorectal Cancer Patients

TypeinterventionalSponsorAin Shams UniversityRan2026 to 2026Enrolled50ConditionsColorectal CancerArmsalpha lipoic acid 600 mg twice daily, Placebo Tablet
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

167 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 211 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. PRX5 as a critical driver of colorectal cancer stemness and tumorigenicity.Redox report : communications in free radical research · 2026
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  4. Lidocaine enhances antitumor effects of sorafenib and GW5074 in colorectal cancer cells.Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry · 2026
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  15. Apigenin 7-glucoside reprograms tumor metabolism and enhances immunotherapy efficacy in colorectal cancer via DLX5.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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107 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anil KumarDepartment of Pharmacology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.
Vipasha GautamDepartment of Pharmacology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.
Arushi SandhuDepartment of Pharmacology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.
Kajal RawatDepartment of Pharmacology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.
Antika SharmaDepartment of Pharmacology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India.
Lekha SahaDepartment of Pharmacology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India. lekhasaha@rediffmail.com.
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) affects 1 in 23 males and 1 in 25 females, making it the third most common cancer. With roughly 608000 deaths worldwide, CRC accounts for 8% of all cancer-related deaths, making it the second most common cause of death due to cancer. Standard and conventional CRC treatments include surgical expurgation for resectable CRC and radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and their combinational regimen for non-resectable CRC. Despite these tactics, nearly half of patients develop incurable recurring CRC. Cancer cells resist the effects of chemotherapeutic drugs in a variety of ways, including drug inactivation, drug influx and efflux modifications, and ATP-binding cassette transporter overexpression. These constraints necessitate the development of new target-specific therapeutic strategies. Emerging therapeutic approaches, such as targeted immune boosting therapies, non-coding RNA-based therapies, probiotics, natural products, oncolytic viral therapies, and biomarker-driven therapies, have shown promising results in preclinical and clinical studies. We tethered the entire evolutionary trends in the development of CRC treatments in this review and discussed the potential of new therapies and how they might be used in conjunction with conventional treatments as well as their advantages and drawbacks as future medicines.

Indexed as

ChemotherapyColorectal cancerImmunotherapyOncolytic viral therapyProbioticsRNA interference

Identifiers

PMID37206081
PMCPMC10190721
OpenAlexW4366764189

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