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ReviewCancer research2022

Breast Cancer Metastatic Dormancy and Relapse: An Enigma of Microenvironment(s).

Islam E Elkholi, Andréane Lalonde, Morag Park, Jean-François Côté

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Review in Cancer research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Rare Cell Population Analysis in Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients.Breast cancer : basic and clinical research · 2025
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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 at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Islam E ElkholiMontreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM), Montreal, Québec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8019-2481
Andréane LalondeMontreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM), Montreal, Québec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5794-5502
Morag ParkRosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5400-606X
Jean-François CôtéMontreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM), Montreal, Québec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7055-2642
Université du Québec à Montréal · CAMcGill University · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (IRSC) FDN-143281
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple factors act in concert to define the fate of disseminated tumor cells (DTC) to enter dormancy or develop overt metastases. Here, we review these factors in the context of three stages of the metastatic cascade that impact DTCs. First, cells can be programmed within the primary tumor microenvironment to promote or inhibit dissemination, and the primary tumor can condition a premetastatic niche. Then, cancer cells from the primary tumor spread through hematogenous and lymphatic routes, and the primary tumor sends cues systematically to regulate the fate of DTCs. Finally, DTCs home to their metastatic site, where they are influenced by various organ-specific aspects of the new microenvironment. We discuss these factors in the context of breast cancer, where about one-third of patients develop metastatic relapse. Finally, we discuss how the standard-of-care options for breast cancer might affect the fate of DTCs.

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsFemaleHumansNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalTumor Microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID36214624
PMCPMC9755970
OpenAlexW4303986990

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