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ReviewSignal transduction and targeted therapy2024

Multi-stage mechanisms of tumor metastasis and therapeutic strategies.

Zaoqu Liu, Jingqi Chen, Yuqing Ren, Shutong Liu, Yuhao Ba, Anning Zuo, Peng Luo, Quan Cheng, Hui Xu, Xinwei Han

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Review in Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 125 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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125citing papers in PubMed, 2 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

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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

125 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines 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

10 authors.

Zaoqu Liu *Department of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0452-742X
Jingqi Chen *Department of Clinical Medicine, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Yuqing Ren *Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Shutong LiuDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Yuhao BaDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Anning ZuoDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Peng LuoThe Department of Oncology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Quan ChengDepartment of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2401-5349
Hui XuDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Xinwei HanDepartment of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China. fcchanxw@zzu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-4407-4864

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cascade of metastasis in tumor cells, exhibiting organ-specific tendencies, may occur at numerous phases of the disease and progress under intense evolutionary pressures. Organ-specific metastasis relies on the formation of pre-metastatic niche (PMN), with diverse cell types and complex cell interactions contributing to this concept, adding a new dimension to the traditional metastasis cascade. Prior to metastatic dissemination, as orchestrators of PMN formation, primary tumor-derived extracellular vesicles prepare a fertile microenvironment for the settlement and colonization of circulating tumor cells at distant secondary sites, significantly impacting cancer progression and outcomes. Obviously, solely intervening in cancer metastatic sites passively after macrometastasis is often insufficient. Early prediction of metastasis and holistic, macro-level control represent the future directions in cancer therapy. This review emphasizes the dynamic and intricate systematic alterations that occur as cancer progresses, illustrates the immunological landscape of organ-specific PMN creation, and deepens understanding of treatment modalities pertinent to metastasis, thereby identifying some prognostic and predictive biomarkers favorable to early predict the occurrence of metastasis and design appropriate treatment combinations.

Indexed as

Neoplasm MetastasisNeoplasmsTumor MicroenvironmentExtracellular VesiclesHumansNeoplastic Cells, Circulating

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PMID39389953
PMCPMC11467208

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