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ReviewMemo2018

Anti-angiogenic therapies in brain metastases.

Anna S Berghoff, Matthias Preusser

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In one paragraph

Review in Memo, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07383649 (Initial Safety Lead-in Followed by a Phase II Trial to Study Anti- HCMV Therapy in Breast Cancer Patients With Progressive Intracranial Metastases and CMV Infection), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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.

NCT07383649 phase2recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Initial Safety Lead-in Followed by a Phase II Trial to Study Anti- HCMV Therapy in Breast Cancer Patients With Progressive Intracranial Metastases and CMV Infection (The Breast CMV Study)

TypeinterventionalSponsorThe Methodist Hospital Research InstituteRan2026 to 2030Enrolled28ConditionsBrain Cancer Metastatic, CMV ViremiaArmsValganciclovir
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. The origin of brain malignancies at the blood-brain barrier.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2023
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  18. The Evolving Modern Management of Brain Metastasis.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2019
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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

2 authors.

Anna S BerghoffDepartment of Medicine I and Comprehensive Cancer Center Central Nervous System Tumours Unit (CCC-CNS), Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Matthias PreusserDepartment of Medicine I and Comprehensive Cancer Center Central Nervous System Tumours Unit (CCC-CNS), Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain metastases are a major challenge in modern oncology, as treatment options upon the diagnosis of symptomatic brain metastases are limited. Neo-angiogenesis was identified as a hallmark of brain metastasis development and inhibition using anti-angiogenic therapy might therefore be an experimental promising preventive as well as therapeutic approach. The current review will summarize the current available data on the efficacy of neo-angiogenic therapies in patients with brain metastases.

Indexed as

AsymptomaticBevacizumabCNS metastasesSymptomaticSystemic treatment

Identifiers

PMID29606977
PMCPMC5862919

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