Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27298310›Full record

ReviewNeuro-oncology2017

Dogs are man's best friend: in sickness and in health.

R Timothy Bentley, Atique U Ahmed, Amy B Yanke, Aaron A Cohen-Gadol, Mahua Dey

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Review in Neuro-oncology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
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  4. Adapting Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for the Treatment of Naturally Occurring Intracranial Tumors in Dogs.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025
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  5. Review
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  7. Immunohistochemical Expression of PTEN in Canine Gliomas.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024
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  14. European Mistletoe (Veterinary sciences · 2022
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  20. Safety, Tumor Reduction, and Clinical Impact of Zika Virus Injection in Dogs with Advanced-Stage Brain Tumors.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2020
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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 3 institutions in 1 country.

R Timothy BentleyDepartment of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
Atique U AhmedNorthwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Amy B YankeDepartment of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
Aaron A Cohen-GadolDepartment of Neurosurgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Mahua DeyDepartment of Neurosurgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · USNorthwestern University · USPurdue University West Lafayette · US

Funding

Transitioning Early Career Neurosurgeons to Scientific IndependenceK12NS080223 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI ESKANDAR, EMAD N · 2012 to 2022
$9.2M
Cellular Plasticity and equilibrium in GBM ProgressionR01NS096376 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Atique U. Ahmed · 2017 to 2026
$3.9M
Genetically-Modified Neural Stem Cell Based Virotherapy for Invasive GliomasR00CA160775 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI AHMED, ATIQUE U. · 2013 to 2015
$710k
NCI NIH HHS R00 CA160775NINDS NIH HHS K12 NS080223NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS096376
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the median survival of 14.6 months following best available standard of care, malignant gliomas (MGs) remain one of the biggest therapeutic challenges of the modern time. Although the last several decades have witnessed tremendous advancement in our understanding of MG and evolution of many successful preclinical therapeutic strategies, even the most successful preclinical therapeutic strategies often fail to cross the phase I/II clinical trial threshold. One of the significant, but less commonly discussed, barriers in developing effective glioma therapy is the lack of a robust preclinical model. For the last 30 years, rodent orthotopic xenograft models have been extensively used in the preclinical setting. Although they provide a good basic model for understanding tumor biology, their value in successfully translating preclinical therapeutic triumph into clinical success is extremely poor. Companion dogs, which share the same environmental stress as their human counterparts, also spontaneously develop MGs. Dog gliomas that develop spontaneously in an immunocompetent host are very similar to human gliomas and potentially provide a stronger platform for validating the efficacy of therapeutic strategies proven successful in preclinical mouse models. Integrating this model can accelerate development of effective therapeutic options that will benefit both human subjects and pet dogs.

Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalAnimalsBrain NeoplasmsDogsGliomaHumanscanine gliomacomparative oncologyglioblastomamalignant gliomaspontaneous glioma

Identifiers

PMID27298310
PMCPMC5464314
OpenAlexW2442532513

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