Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41658610›Full record

ReviewFrontiers in medicine2026

Decoding the microbial blueprint of pancreatic cancer.

Jhommara Bautista, Ricardo Bedón-Galarza, Francisco Martínez-Hidalgo, Martina Masache-Cruz, Melanie Benítez-Núñez, Camila Valencia-Arroyo, Andrés López-Cortés

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Review
  3. Review
  4. Review
  5. Review
  6. Review
  7. The hallmarks of host-microbiome decoupling.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026
    Review
  8. Review
  9. Programming the tumor microenvironment through microbiome-driven mechanisms.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
    Review
  10. Review
  11. Review
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

7 authors.

Jhommara BautistaCancer Research Group (CRG), Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador.
Ricardo Bedón-GalarzaServicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital General Docente de Calderón, Quito, Ecuador.
Francisco Martínez-HidalgoCancer Research Group (CRG), Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador.
Martina Masache-CruzCancer Research Group (CRG), Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador.
Melanie Benítez-NúñezCancer Research Group (CRG), Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador.
Camila Valencia-ArroyoCancer Research Group (CRG), Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador.
Andrés López-CortésCancer Research Group (CRG), Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer (PC) represents one of the most formidable challenges in oncology, characterized by its asymptomatic onset, delayed clinical detection, and dismal prognosis. Among pancreatic neoplasms, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) accounts for over 90% of cases and remains the most aggressive form, driven by late diagnosis, intrinsic chemoresistance, and a profoundly immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. Recent advances have reframed the human microbiome not as a passive bystander but as an active architect of pancreatic tumor biology. This review delineates the mechanistic axes through which microbial ecosystems orchestrate PDAC progression across four key anatomical niches-gastrointestinal, oral, urogenital, and intrapancreatic. We elucidate how microbial dysbiosis fosters oncogenesis through immune evasion, metabolic reprogramming, and chronic inflammation, implicating specific taxa such as

Indexed as

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitansenterobacterfecal microbiota transplantationFusobacterium nucleatumimmunomicMalassezia spp.metabolomicmetagenomic

Identifiers

PMID41658610
PMCPMC12876161

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.