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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2015

Current Challenges in Glioblastoma: Intratumour Heterogeneity, Residual Disease, and Models to Predict Disease Recurrence.

Hayley P Ellis, Mark Greenslade, Ben Powell, Inmaculada Spiteri, Andrea Sottoriva, Kathreena M Kurian

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.

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58citing papers in PubMed
10.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 97 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. The application of histone deacetylases inhibitors in glioblastoma.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Hayley P EllisBrain Tumour Research Group, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Bristol , Bristol , UK.
Mark GreensladeBristol Genetics Laboratory, North Bristol NHS Trust , Bristol , UK.
Ben PowellSchool of Mathematics, University of Bristol , Bristol , UK.
Inmaculada SpiteriCentre for Evolution and Cancer, The Institute of Cancer Research , London , UK.
Andrea SottorivaCentre for Evolution and Cancer, The Institute of Cancer Research , London , UK.
Kathreena M KurianBrain Tumour Research Group, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Bristol , Bristol , UK.
Brain Tumour Research · GBInstitute of Cancer Research · GBNorth Bristol NHS Trust · GBUniversity of Bristol · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0701018Medical Research Council G1100578
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma (GB) is the most common primary malignant brain tumor, and despite the availability of chemotherapy and radiotherapy to combat the disease, overall survival remains low with a high incidence of tumor recurrence. Technological advances are continually improving our understanding of the disease, and in particular, our knowledge of clonal evolution, intratumor heterogeneity, and possible reservoirs of residual disease. These may inform how we approach clinical treatment and recurrence in GB. Mathematical modeling (including neural networks) and strategies such as multiple sampling during tumor resection and genetic analysis of circulating cancer cells, may be of great future benefit to help predict the nature of residual disease and resistance to standard and molecular therapies in GB.

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Bayesian modelsGBMintratumor heterogeneityneural networksresidual disease

Identifiers

PMID26636033
PMCPMC4644939
OpenAlexW2188381790

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