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ArticleCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2017

Systemic therapy for recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer: a clinical practice guideline.

J Francis, N Coakley, L Elit, H Mackay, Gynecologic Cancer Disease Site Group

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Article in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

J FrancisDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Queen's University, Kingston.
N CoakleyDepartment of Oncology, McMaster University, and Cancer Care Ontario's Program in Evidence-Based Care, Hamilton.
L ElitDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McMaster University, Hamilton; and.
H MackayDepartment of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON.
Gynecologic Cancer Disease Site Group
McMaster University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe purpose of this guideline is to recommend systemic therapy options for women with recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer, including fallopian tube and primary peritoneal cancers.

methodsThis document updates the recommendations published in the 2011

resultsThe primary literature search yielded thirty-six primary research papers representing thirty rcts that met the eligibility criteria. The guideline provides recommendations for patients with serous tumour histologies and with recurrent, platinum-resistant, and platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer.

conclusionsThe body of evidence from trials that included olaparib and bevacizumab consistently shows a benefit in progression-free survival (pfs) without a corresponding benefit in overall survival (os). The Working Group for this guideline designated pfs, which is associated with symptom control, as a critical outcome. A finding of net benefit can therefore be concluded based on significant differences in pfs. However, that benefit is not without identified harms. Given the identified harms, patient involvement in the decision-making process must take into consideration the side effect profiles of olaparib and bevacizumab within the context of improved pfs but minimal change in os.

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Cancer Care Ontarioguideline recommendationsrecurrent epithelial ovarian cancersystemic therapy

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PMID29270064
PMCPMC5736494
OpenAlexW2776186729

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