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ArticleCureus2015

Adult Brainstem Glioblastoma Multiforme: Long-term Survivor.

Zachary R Barnard, Doniel Drazin, Serguei I Bannykh, Jeremy D Rudnick, Ray M Chu

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Article in Cureus, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Synopsis of Biomarkers in Glioblastoma: Past and Present.Current issues in molecular biology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zachary R BarnardNeurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Doniel DrazinNeurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Serguei I BannykhPathology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Jeremy D RudnickNeurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Ray M ChuNeurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adult, malignant brainstem gliomas are rare entities that often cause treatment conundrums due to the difficulty of surgical resection and, therefore, the absence of pathological diagnosis. This leads to a reliance on radiological imaging for diagnosis, which can often be unreliable. These shortcomings have made the treatment of brainstem gliomas challenging with unpredictable outcomes. The mainstay of treatment consists of chemotherapy and radiation; however, recurrence is inevitable. Predicting outcomes has been the major difficulty in treating these patients as adult malignant brainstem gliomas Grade II have a median survival between five to seven years while Grades III and IV are between 10-17 months (with some studies showing significantly longer survival in Grade III). Here, we present the case of a patient with the pathologic diagnosis of a right brachium pontis glioblastoma who had a remarkable survival of 73 months, whereas the expected median survival for these patients is 10-17 months.

Indexed as

brainstem gliomaglioblastomaneuro-oncology

Identifiers

PMID26848423
PMCPMC4727952
OpenAlexW2218695552

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