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ArticleGeburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde2017

Metronomic Chemotherapy for Primary Non-Metastatic Breast Cancer - a Systematic Review of the Literature.

Malgorzata Banys-Paluchowski, Eugen Ruckhäberle, Florian Schütz, Natalia Krawczyk, Tanja Fehm

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Article in Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 43% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Platinum-based chemotherapy for early triple-negative breast cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
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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.

Malgorzata Banys-PaluchowskiDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Marienkrankenhaus Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Eugen RuckhäberleDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Florian SchützDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Heidelberg University Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Natalia KrawczykDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Tanja FehmDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DEHeidelberg University · DEMarienkrankenhaus Hamburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conventional chemotherapy is based on the "maximum tolerated dose" principle and aims at administering high doses of cytotoxic drugs followed by a rest period necessary for the body to recover. In the last decades alternative strategies have been developed to avoid serious side effects of conventional treatment, among them the metronomic chemotherapy. Much like a metronome keeps steady rhythm, metronomic therapy is administered continuously in low doses for a long time. In metastatic breast cancer, metronomic therapy is a valid option in pretreated or vulnerable patients and its use has recently been incorporated into various guidelines. In early breast cancer, the role of metronomic treatment remains to be clarified. A systematic review of PubMed/MEDLINE, ClinicalTrials.gov, the European Clinical Trials Database (EudraCT) and the Cochrane Database was conducted. In the present review, we discuss the current evidence on metronomic chemotherapy in non-metastatic breast cancer.

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breast cancermaintenance therapymetronomic chemotherapysurvivalsystematic reviewtoxicity

Identifiers

PMID28331236
PMCPMC5357218
OpenAlexW2595373690

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