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ReviewOncology (Williston Park, N.Y.)2014

Updates on the management of breast cancer brain metastases.

Elgene Lim, Nancy U Lin

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Review in Oncology (Williston Park, N.Y.), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. ANG1005 for breast cancer brain metastases: correlation betweenBreast cancer research and treatment · 2016
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  11. Targeted Treatment of Brain Metastases.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2017
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  13. Targeted Therapies for Brain Metastases from Breast Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2016
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  18. EGFR and HER2 signaling in breast cancer brain metastasis.Frontiers in bioscience (Elite edition) · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Elgene Lim
Nancy U Lin

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer brain metastases (BCBMs) are common in patients with advanced disease. Breast cancer subtype and performance status are the major determinants of the course of the disease and survival time following a diagnosis of brain metastasis. Unique challenges specific to the management of BCBMs include overcoming the blood-brain barrier and resistance to conventional systemic therapies, as BCBMs typically occur in the pretreated patient population. The development of new systemic therapies for breast cancer, coupled with improvements in trial design, imaging modalities, and methods of defining and measuring clinical endpoints, has led to a renewed interest in developing novel therapeutic approaches for BCBMs. In this overview, we will review recent developments in the management of BCBMs and current prospective trials of systemic therapies specifically for patients with BCBMs, with a focus on novel pathway-specific therapies.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBrain NeoplasmsBreast NeoplasmsClinical Trials as TopicDrug Resistance, NeoplasmEvidence-Based MedicineFemaleHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyProtein Kinase InhibitorsSignal TransductionTreatment OutcomeProtein Kinase Inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID25144276
OpenAlexW2289170664

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Registered trials

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