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ReviewCancers2022

Circulating Nucleic Acids as Novel Biomarkers for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.

Ryan McGowan, Áine Sally, Anthony McCabe, Brian Michael Moran, Karen Finn

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 48% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 4 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ryan McGowanDepartment of Life Sciences, School of Science, Atlantic Technological University Sligo, Ash Lane, Ballytivnan, F91 YW50 Sligo, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-0214-2945
Áine SallyDepartment of Analytical, Biopharmaceutical and Medical Sciences, School of Science and Computing, Atlantic Technological University Galway City, Dublin Road, H91 T8NW Galway, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-0080-5231
Anthony McCabeDepartment of Life Sciences, School of Science, Atlantic Technological University Sligo, Ash Lane, Ballytivnan, F91 YW50 Sligo, Ireland.
Brian Michael MoranDepartment of Analytical, Biopharmaceutical and Medical Sciences, School of Science and Computing, Atlantic Technological University Galway City, Dublin Road, H91 T8NW Galway, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-2041-1459
Karen FinnDepartment of Analytical, Biopharmaceutical and Medical Sciences, School of Science and Computing, Atlantic Technological University Galway City, Dublin Road, H91 T8NW Galway, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-5631-9710
Technological University Dublin · IEAtlantic Technological University

Funding

Connaught Ulster Alliance Research Bursary, RISE Scholarship RMG 2019, AS 2019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite considerable advancements in the clinical management of PDAC it remains a significant cause of mortality. PDAC is often diagnosed at advanced stages due to vague symptoms associated with early-stage disease and a lack of reliable diagnostic biomarkers. Late diagnosis results in a high proportion of cases being ineligible for surgical resection, the only potentially curative therapy for PDAC. Furthermore, a lack of prognostic biomarkers impedes clinician's ability to properly assess the efficacy of therapeutic interventions. Advances in our ability to detect circulating nucleic acids allows for the advent of novel biomarkers for PDAC. Tumor derived circulating and exosomal nucleic acids allow for the detection of PDAC-specific mutations through a non-invasive blood sample. Such biomarkers could expand upon the currently limited repertoire of tests available. This review outlines recent developments in the use of molecular techniques for the detection of these nucleic acids and their potential roles, alongside current techniques, in the diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic governance of PDAC.

Indexed as

biomarkersliquid biopsymiRNAPDACpersonalized diagnostics

Identifiers

PMID35454933
PMCPMC9031361
OpenAlexW4223980779

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