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ReviewHematology/oncology clinics of North America2018

Treatment of Kaposi Sarcoma Herpesvirus-Associated Multicentric Castleman Disease.

Kathryn Lurain, Robert Yarchoan, Thomas S Uldrick

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Review in Hematology/oncology clinics of North America, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Cancer Immunotherapy Trials Network 12: Pembrolizumab in HIV-Associated Kaposi Sarcoma.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2025
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  18. Malignancy and viral infections in Sub-Saharan Africa: A review.Frontiers in virology (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023
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  20. Immunotherapy for KSHV-associated diseases.Current opinion in virology · 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kathryn LurainHIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-1868, USA.
Robert YarchoanHIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-1868, USA.
Thomas S UldrickHIV and AIDS Malignancy Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-1868, USA. Electronic address: uldrickts@mail.nih.gov.
Center for Cancer Research · USNational Cancer Institute · US

Funding

Clinical Trials of Patients with AIDS-Related MalignanciesZIABC010888 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI YARCHOAN, ROBERT · 2009 to 2025
$20.6M
Patient Oriented Research in Viral Malignancies and HIV-associated CancersZIABC011700 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI YARCHOAN, ROBERT · 2016 to 2017
$1.2M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC011700
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV)-associated multicentric Castleman disease (MCD) is a rare, polyclonal lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by flares of inflammatory symptoms, edema, cytopenias, lymphadenopathy, and splenomegaly. Diagnosis requires a lymph node biopsy. Pathogenesis is related to dysregulated inflammatory cytokines, including human and viral interleukin-6. Rituximab alone or in combination with chemotherapy, such as liposomal doxorubicin, has led to an overall survival of over 90% at 5 years. Experimental approaches to treatment include virus activated cytotoxic therapy with high-dose zidovudine and valganciclovir and targeting human interleukin-6 activity. Despite successful treatment of KSHV-MCD, patients remain at high risk for developing non-Hodgkin lymphomas.

Indexed as

Herpesvirus 8, HumanBiopsyCastleman DiseaseDoxorubicinGanciclovirHumansInterleukin-6Interleukin-6 InhibitorsLymph NodesRituximabValganciclovirZidovudineDoxorubicinGanciclovirIL6 protein, humanInterleukin-6Interleukin-6 InhibitorsRituximabValganciclovirZidovudineHuman herpesvirus-8Human interleukin-6Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirusLiposomal doxorubicinMulticentric Castleman diseaseRituximabViral interleukin 6

Identifiers

PMID29157621
PMCPMC5726416
OpenAlexW2768692492

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