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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Targeting the TGF-β Signaling Axis in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Where Do We Stand?

Kostas A Papavassiliou, Donatella Delle Cave, Athanasios G Papavassiliou

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Kostas A PapavassiliouFirst University Department of Respiratory Medicine, 'Sotiria' Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-9620-745X
Donatella Delle CaveInstitute of Genetics and Biophysics 'Adriano Buzzati-Traverso', CNR, 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4019-2778
Athanasios G PapavassiliouDepartment of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5803-4527
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRInstitute of Genetics and Biophysics · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) represents the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide [...].

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Colonic NeoplasmsColorectal NeoplasmsRectal NeoplasmsHumansSignal TransductionTransforming Growth Factor betaTransforming Growth Factor beta

Identifiers

PMID38069421
PMCPMC10706985
OpenAlexW4389308009

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Registered trials

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