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ReviewClinical & experimental metastasis2024

Personalized therapy in oncology: melanoma as a paradigm for molecular-targeted treatment approaches.

Kevin B Kim

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Review in Clinical & experimental metastasis, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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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

1 author.

Kevin B KimCalifornia Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, 2333 Buchanan St, San Francisco, CA, 94115, USA. kimkb@sutterhealth.org.ORCID 0000-0003-0694-0530

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent decades, the field of systemic cancer treatment has seen remarkable changes due to advancements in the understanding of cancer's biology, immunology, and genetic makeup. As a result, individuals with late-stage cancers are now achieving survival rates that were previously unattainable. The goal of personalized cancer therapy is to enhance clinical outcomes by customizing drug treatments to suit the unique genetic and/or epigenetic profiles of each patient's tumor. This approach aims to reduce the side effects commonly associated with ineffective treatments. Advances in genetic sequencing and molecular cytogenetics have been instrumental in identifying cancer-driving mutations and epigenetic irregularities, leading to the development of specific molecular therapies. This review article highlights the progress and success of targeted molecular therapies in treating malignant melanoma, illustrating the concept of personalized cancer treatment.

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MelanomaMolecular Targeted TherapyPrecision MedicineHumansMutationSkin NeoplasmsDrug resistance mechanismsGenomicMolecular targeted therapyMutationSignal transduction pathways

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