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ArticleJournal of neurological surgery reports2014

A case of recurrent anaplastic meningioma of the skull base with radiologic response to hydroxyurea.

Joshua Gurberg, Nathaniel Bouganim, George Shenouda, Anthony Zeitouni

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Article in Journal of neurological surgery reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Evaluating anti-tumor activity of palbociclib plus radiation in anaplastic and radiation-induced meningiomas: pre-clinical investigations.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Joshua GurbergDivision of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Nathaniel BouganimDepartment of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
George ShenoudaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Anthony ZeitouniDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
McGill University · CARoyal Victoria Hospital · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anaplastic meningiomas are rare and aggressive tumors with a high propensity for local recurrence. Surgical resection and postoperative radiotherapy are the standard of care for primary disease and local recurrences. Refractory disease is managed with chemotherapy with limited success. A highly efficacious, well-tolerated chemotherapeutic agent has yet to be found for this disease entity. Hydroxyurea is currently receiving renewed attention because of its efficacy in inducing apoptosis of meningioma cells in vitro and its favorable side-effect profile. Thus far, in humans, this agent has only induced stable disease. We describe the first patient showing a near complete/partial clinical and radiological regression after 5 months of 25 mg/kg of hydroxyurea once daily, given within 1 month after stereotactic fractionated reirradiation of a previously irradiated and operated anaplastic meningioma of the skull base. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a significant and sustained response with tumor shrinkage and cavitation.

Indexed as

anaplastic meningiomahydroxyureamalignant transformationmeningiomaradiotherapyrecurrent

Identifiers

PMID25083390
PMCPMC4110141
OpenAlexW2030708624

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