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ReviewCancers2024

Current and Future Trends of Colorectal Cancer Treatment: Exploring Advances in Immunotherapy.

Taxiarchis Konstantinos Nikolouzakis, Emmanuel Chrysos, Anca Oana Docea, Persefoni Fragkiadaki, John Souglakos, John Tsiaoussis, Aristidis Tsatsakis

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Review in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

7 authors.

Taxiarchis Konstantinos NikolouzakisDepartment of General Surgery, University General Hospital of Heraklion, 71110 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-9884-1232
Emmanuel ChrysosDepartment of General Surgery, University General Hospital of Heraklion, 71110 Heraklion, Greece.
Anca Oana DoceaDepartment of Toxicology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-8162-5955
Persefoni FragkiadakiDepartment of Forensic Sciences and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece.
John SouglakosLaboratory of Translational Oncology, Medical School, University of Crete, 70013 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-1642-1147
John TsiaoussisDepartment of Anatomy, Medical School, University of Crete, 70013 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-9892-1048
Aristidis TsatsakisDepartment of Forensic Sciences and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3824-2462

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer of the colon and rectum (CRC) has been identified among the three most prevalent types of cancer and cancer-related deaths for both sexes. Even though significant progress in surgical and chemotherapeutic techniques has markedly improved disease-free and overall survival rates in contrast to those three decades ago, recent years have seen a stagnation in these improvements. This underscores the need for new therapies aiming to augment patient outcomes. A number of emerging strategies, such as immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and adoptive cell therapy (ACT), have exhibited promising outcomes not only in preclinical but also in clinical settings. Additionally, a thorough appreciation of the underlying biology has expanded the scope of research into potential therapeutic interventions. For instance, the pivotal role of altered telomere length in early CRC carcinogenesis, leading to chromosomal instability and telomere dysfunction, presents a promising avenue for future treatments. Thus, this review explores the advancements in CRC immunotherapy and telomere-targeted therapies, examining potential synergies and how these novel treatment modalities intersect to potentially enhance each other's efficacy, paving the way for promising future therapeutic advancements.

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adoptive cell therapycheckpoint inhibitorscolorectal cancerimmunotherapytelomerestherapy

Identifiers

PMID38893120
PMCPMC11171065

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