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ReviewMolecular cancer2024

Small cells - big issues: biological implications and preclinical advancements in small cell lung cancer.

Anna Solta, Büsra Ernhofer, Kristiina Boettiger, Zsolt Megyesfalvi, Simon Heeke, Mir Alireza Hoda, Christian Lang, Clemens Aigner, Fred R Hirsch, Karin Schelch and 1 more

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Review in Molecular cancer, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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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

36 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Anna Solta *Department of Thoracic Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Büsra Ernhofer *Department of Thoracic Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Kristiina BoettigerDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Zsolt MegyesfalviDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Simon HeekeDepartment of Thoracic Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Mir Alireza HodaDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Christian LangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Clemens AignerDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Fred R HirschDivision of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA. fred.hirsch@mssm.edu.
Karin Schelch *Department of Thoracic Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Balazs Döme *Department of Thoracic Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria. balazs.dome@meduniwien.ac.at.

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF I3522, FWF I3977 and I4677Austrian Science Fund T 1062-B33Austrian Science Fund FWF T 1062Horizon 2020 Framework Programme HORIZON-MSCA-2022-SE-01-01Magyarország Kormánya UNKP-20-3 and UNKP-21-3Magyar Tüdőgyógyász Társaság MPA #2020Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal KH130356 and KKP12679
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current treatment guidelines refer to small cell lung cancer (SCLC), one of the deadliest human malignancies, as a homogeneous disease. Accordingly, SCLC therapy comprises chemoradiation with or without immunotherapy. Meanwhile, recent studies have made significant advances in subclassifying SCLC based on the elevated expression of the transcription factors ASCL1, NEUROD1, and POU2F3, as well as on certain inflammatory characteristics. The role of the transcription regulator YAP1 in defining a unique SCLC subset remains to be established. Although preclinical analyses have described numerous subtype-specific characteristics and vulnerabilities, the so far non-existing clinical subtype distinction may be a contributor to negative clinical trial outcomes. This comprehensive review aims to provide a framework for the development of novel personalized therapeutic approaches by compiling the most recent discoveries achieved by preclinical SCLC research. We highlight the challenges faced due to limited access to patient material as well as the advances accomplished by implementing state-of-the-art models and methodologies.

Indexed as

Lung NeoplasmsSmall Cell Lung CarcinomaHumansImmunotherapyTranscription FactorsTranscription FactorsMolecular subtypesPreclinical modelsSmall cell lung cancerTranslational progress

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PMID38395864
PMCPMC10893629

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