Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38920733›Full record

ReviewCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2024

Radiochemotherapy in Pancreatic Cancer.

Małgorzata Domagała-Haduch, Anita Gorzelak-Magiera, Łukasz Michalecki, Iwona Gisterek-Grocholska

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Review in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing 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

6 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

4 authors.

Małgorzata Domagała-HaduchDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Medical University of Silesia, 40-514 Katowice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-9426-1740
Anita Gorzelak-MagieraDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Medical University of Silesia, 40-514 Katowice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-4183-4522
Łukasz MichaleckiDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Medical University of Silesia, 40-514 Katowice, Poland.
Iwona Gisterek-GrocholskaDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Medical University of Silesia, 40-514 Katowice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6320-0224

Funding

Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland no number
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the advancements made in oncology in recent years, the treatment of pancreatic cancer remains a challenge. Five-year survival rates for this cancer do not exceed 10%. Among the reasons contributing to poor treatment outcomes are the oligosymptomatic course of the tumor, diagnostic difficulties due to the anatomical location of the organ, and the unique biological features of pancreatic cancer. The mainstay of treatment for resectable cancer is surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy. For unresectable and metastatic cancers, chemotherapy remains the primary method of treatment. At the same time, for about thirty years, there have been attempts to improve treatment outcomes by using radiotherapy combined with systemic treatment. Unlike chemotherapy, radiotherapy has no established place in the treatment of pancreatic cancer. This paper addresses the topic of radiotherapy in pancreatic cancer as a valuable method that can improve treatment outcomes alongside chemotherapy.

Indexed as

ChemoradiotherapyPancreatic NeoplasmsHumansborderline resectable pancreatic cancerchemotherapyradiochemotherapyresectable pancreatic cancerunresectable pancreatic cancer

Identifiers

PMID38920733
PMCPMC11202861

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