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ReviewBioMed research international2015

Paclitaxel and Its Evolving Role in the Management of Ovarian Cancer.

Nirmala Chandralega Kampan, Mutsa Tatenda Madondo, Orla M McNally, Michael Quinn, Magdalena Plebanski

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Review in BioMed research international, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 170 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
170citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
24.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

170 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 361 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

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Nirmala Chandralega KampanDepartment of Immunology, Monash University, Level 6, The Alfred, Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3181, Australia ; Gynaeoncology Unit, Royal Women's Hospital, 20 Flemington Road, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.
Mutsa Tatenda MadondoDepartment of Immunology, Monash University, Level 6, The Alfred, Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3181, Australia.
Orla M McNallyGynaeoncology Unit, Royal Women's Hospital, 20 Flemington Road, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia ; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.
Michael QuinnGynaeoncology Unit, Royal Women's Hospital, 20 Flemington Road, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia ; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3052, Australia.
Magdalena PlebanskiDepartment of Immunology, Monash University, Level 6, The Alfred, Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3181, Australia.
Monash University · AURoyal Women's Hospital · AUThe Alfred Hospital · AUUniversity of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paclitaxel, a class of taxane with microtubule stabilising ability, has remained with platinum based therapy, the standard care for primary ovarian cancer management. A deeper understanding of the immunological basis and other potential mechanisms of action together with new dosing schedules and/or routes of administration may potentiate its clinical benefit. Newer forms of taxanes, with better safety profiles and higher intratumoural cytotoxicity, have yet to demonstrate clinical superiority over the parent compound.

Indexed as

Drug Resistance, NeoplasmAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsCisplatinFemaleHumansOvarian NeoplasmsPaclitaxelTaxoidsCisplatinPaclitaxelTaxoids

Identifiers

PMID26137480
PMCPMC4475536
OpenAlexW1574056173

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