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ReviewPigment cell & melanoma research2016

Melanoma central nervous system metastases: current approaches, challenges, and opportunities.

Justine V Cohen, Hussain Tawbi, Kim A Margolin, Ravi Amravadi, Marcus Bosenberg, Priscilla K Brastianos, Veronica L Chiang, John de Groot, Isabella C Glitza, Meenhard Herlyn and 12 more

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Review in Pigment cell & melanoma research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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79citing papers in PubMed, 2 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

79 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Long-Term Survival of Patients With Melanoma With Active Brain Metastases Treated With Pembrolizumab on a Phase II Trial.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2019
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  11. GNAQ mutation in primary spinal melanoma: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2025
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19 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

22 authors.

Justine V CohenYale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Hussain TawbiDepartment of Melanoma, Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Kim A MargolinDepartment of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, USA.
Ravi AmravadiAbramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Marcus BosenbergYale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Priscilla K BrastianosDivision of Neuro-Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Veronica L ChiangYale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
John de GrootDivision of Neuro-Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Isabella C GlitzaDepartment of Melanoma, Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Meenhard HerlynMelanoma Research Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Sheri L HolmenHuntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Lucia B JilaveanuYale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Andrew LassmanDepartment of Neurology & Herbert Irving Comprehensive, Cancer Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Stergios MoschosUNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Michael A PostowDepartment of Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Reena ThomasDivision of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
John A TsiourisDepartment of Radiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Patrick WenDepartment of Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Richard M WhiteDepartment of Cancer Biology & Genetics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Timothy TurnhamMelanoma Research Foundation, Washington, DC, USA.
Michael A DaviesDepartment of Melanoma, Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Harriet M KlugerYale Cancer Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Tumor Microenvironment and MetastasisP30CA010815 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI Luis J Montaner · 1985 to 2026
$75.9M
Institutional Career Development CoreKL2TR001862 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI CANTLEY, LLOYD G, EDELMAN, E. JENNIFER · 2016 to 2025
$12.2M
Targeted Combination Therapy for MelanomaP50CA174523 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI HERLYN, MEENHARD F · 2014 to 2018
$11.1M
Efficacy of combined inhibition of BRAF, MEK, and FAK in melanoma patient derived xenograftsR01CA121118 · NCI · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI Sheri L Holmen · 2007 to 2026
$4.7M
Investigating Microenvironmental Interactions in Leptomeningeal MetastasisR01CA245499 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI BOIRE, ADRIENNE A. · 2020 to 2024
$2.0M
The Role of the PI3K-AKT Pathway in Melanoma Brain MetastasisR01CA154710 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI DAVIES, MICHAEL · 2011 to 2015
$1.6M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR001862NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS P30 CA010815NCI NIH HHS P50 CA174523NCI NIH HHS R01 CA121118NCI NIH HHS R01 CA154710NCI NIH HHS R01 CA245499
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melanoma central nervous system metastases are increasing, and the challenges presented by this patient population remain complex. In December 2015, the Melanoma Research Foundation and the Wistar Institute hosted the First Summit on Melanoma Central Nervous System (CNS) Metastases in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Here, we provide a review of the current status of the field of melanoma brain metastasis research; identify key challenges and opportunities for improving the outcomes in patients with melanoma brain metastases; and set a framework to optimize future research in this critical area.

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsHumansMelanomabrain metastasisclinical trialsexperimental modelsleptomeningeal diseasetumor microenvironment

Identifiers

PMID27615400
PMCPMC5398760

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