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ReviewJournal of neuro-oncology2014

Management of aggressive pituitary adenomas and pituitary carcinomas.

Anthony Heaney

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Review in Journal of neuro-oncology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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42citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

42 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 98 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anthony HeaneyDepartment of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA, aheaney@mednet.ucla.edu.
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pituitary tumors are benign but not uncommonly invade locally into adjacent tissues such as the cavernous sinus and dura. Some of these invasive tumors exhibit varying degrees of resistance to standard therapy and tend to recur. Early prediction of which pituitary tumors will recur and/or exhibit an invasive phenotype remains difficult despite introduction of several tissue-based molecular markers. Management of these recurrent invasive pituitary tumors usually comprises combination medical, surgical and radiation therapy but in some instances is suboptimal. Earlier diagnosis of invasive/recurrent pituitary tumor and application of aggressive multi-modal therapy at presentation may be advantageous in some cases. Clinical trials to develop additional therapeutic options are needed for this subgroup of pituitary tumors. Although it is not yet possible to diagnose at presentation, the subset of pituitary tumors that will become invasive and/or recurrent pituitary tumors, broader use of molecular markers and standardization of histopathological criteria for "atypical" pituitary tumor features have assisted earlier diagnosis. Aggressive therapy early in disease may be warranted and exploration of recently available targeted therapies may improve disease management.

Indexed as

Pituitary NeoplasmsCombined Modality TherapyHumans

Identifiers

PMID24584748
OpenAlexW2014429963

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