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ReviewDiscover oncology2025

Role of intratumoral heterogeneity in metastatic progression and drug resistance.

Neeha Sinai Borker, Jyothilakshmi Sajimon, Seemadri Subhadarshini, Rifat Aara, Mohit Kumar Jolly, Jyothi S Prabhu, Radhika Nair

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Review in Discover oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. The logarithmic phase as a therapeutic direction: evaluating pharmacological strategies against cancer progression.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Neeha Sinai BorkerCentre for Human Genetics, Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560100, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-6511-4671
Jyothilakshmi SajimonCentre for Human Genetics, Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560100, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-0336-3516
Seemadri SubhadarshiniDepartment of Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5778-0480
Rifat AaraCentre for Human Genetics, Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560100, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-3223-5081
Mohit Kumar JollyDepartment of Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6631-2109
Jyothi S PrabhuDivision of Molecular Medicine, St. John's Research Institute, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, 560034, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2269-3704
Radhika NairCentre for Human Genetics, Karnataka, Bengaluru, 560100, India. radhikanair@chg.res.in.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6585-3384

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metastatic cancer is the final frontier in disease progression with few avenues of treatment open to patients. The failure of therapeutic options at the end-stage disease is confounded by the presence of diverse clones in the metastatic tumor which contributes to intratumoral heterogeneity (ITH), resulting in intrinsic and acquired drug resistance. We aim to elucidate the contribution of ITH to the development of metastasis with a focus on the origins and molecular mechanisms driving ITH, as well as the clinical and technical challenges of acquiring and studying metastatic cohorts in which we can investigate this phenomenon. Bioinformatic approaches that could help in silico analysis will be discussed, which could shed light on how to design new therapeutic strategies for metastatic cancer and give hope to patients living under the shadow of the sword of Damocles.

Indexed as

Drug resistanceIntratumoral heterogeneityMetastasisSingle-cell profilingSpatial profilingTumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID40965714
PMCPMC12446166

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