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ReviewCurrent treatment options in oncology2018

Adjuvant Bisphosphonate Therapy in Postmenopausal Breast Cancer.

Stephanie Strobl, Kerstin Wimmer, Ruth Exner, Yelena Devyatko, Michael Bolliger, Florian Fitzal, Michael Gnant

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Review in Current treatment options in oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Stephanie StroblDepartment of Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090, Wien, Austria.
Kerstin WimmerDepartment of Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090, Wien, Austria.
Ruth ExnerDepartment of Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090, Wien, Austria.
Yelena DevyatkoDepartment of Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090, Wien, Austria.
Michael BolligerDepartment of Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090, Wien, Austria.
Florian FitzalDepartment of Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090, Wien, Austria.
Michael GnantDepartment of Surgery, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090, Wien, Austria. michael.gnant@meduniwien.ac.at.
Medical University of Vienna · ATComprehensive Cancer Center Vienna · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

opinion statementBone health and breast cancer are two connected subjects, because breast cancer patients have a higher prevalence of osteopenia/osteoporosis and reduced bone health parameters than healthy woman of the same age. Therefore, the positive effect of adjuvant bisphosphonate therapy plays an important role in breast cancer treatment. Several randomized trials have studied bisphosphonates in the adjuvant setting in postmenopausal woman and demonstrated their potential to prevent treatment-induced bone loss. The prevention of fractures and the subsequent preservation of patients' quality of life are important arguments for the use of adjuvant bisphosphonates in postmenopausal breast cancer patients. In addition, trials of adjuvant bone-targeted agents showed a reduction of recurrences in and outside bone and an improved outcome in patients treated with bisphosphonates.

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Antineoplastic AgentsBone Density Conservation AgentsBone RemodelingBreast NeoplasmsChemotherapy, AdjuvantDiphosphonatesFemaleHumansNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalOsteoporosisPostmenopauseAntineoplastic AgentsBone Density Conservation AgentsDiphosphonatesAdjuvantAntitumor effectBone lossBone metastasisPostmenopausal

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PMID29527635
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