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ReviewExpert review of anticancer therapy2016

External beam re-irradiation, combination chemoradiotherapy, and particle therapy for the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma.

Neil K Taunk, Fabio Y Moraes, Freddy E Escorcia, Lucas Castro Mendez, Kathryn Beal, Gustavo N Marta

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Review in Expert review of anticancer therapy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Comparison of carbon ion and photon reirradiation for recurrent glioblastoma.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2022
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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

6 authors.

Neil K Taunka Department of Radiation Oncology , Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center , New York , New York , USA.
Fabio Y Moraesb Department of Radiation Oncology , Hospital Sírio-Libanês , São Paulo , Brazil.
Freddy E Escorciaa Department of Radiation Oncology , Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center , New York , New York , USA.
Lucas Castro Mendezd Department of Radiation Oncology , Instituto de Radiologia - Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP) , São Paulo , Brazil.
Kathryn Beala Department of Radiation Oncology , Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center , New York , New York , USA.
Gustavo N Martab Department of Radiation Oncology , Hospital Sírio-Libanês , São Paulo , Brazil.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma is a common aggressive primary malignant brain tumor, and is nearly universal in progression and mortality after initial treatment. Re-irradiation presents a promising treatment option for progressive disease, both palliating symptoms and potentially extending survival. Highly conformal radiation techniques such as stereotactic radiosurgery and hypofractionated radiosurgery are effective short courses of treatment that allow delivery of high doses of therapeutic radiation with steep dose gradients to protect normal tissue. Patients with higher performance status, younger age, and longer interval between primary treatment and progression represent the best candidates for re-irradiation. Multiple studies are also underway involving combinations of radiation and systemic therapy to bend the survival curve and improve the therapeutic index. In the multimodal treatment of recurrent high-grade glioma, the use of surgery, radiation, and systemic therapy should be highly individualized. Here we comprehensively review radiation therapy and techniques, along with discussion of combination treatment and novel strategies.

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsChemoradiotherapyCombined Modality TherapyDisease ProgressionGlioblastomaHumansNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalRadiosurgeryRe-Irradiationglioblastomahigh grade gliomaRadiation therapystereotactic radiosurgery

Identifiers

PMID26781426
PMCPMC4998049

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