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ReviewTheScientificWorldJournal2018

Update on the Treatment of Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma.

Nedal Bukhari, Humaid O Al-Shamsi, Faisal Azam

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in TheScientificWorldJournal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05700344 (Multicentric, Observational Study to Evaluate Real World Data of Avelumab in First Line Maintenance Therapy for Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma, a SOGUG Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 30 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

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.

NCT05700344 completednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Multicentric, Observational Study to Evaluate Real World Data of Avelumab in First Line Maintenance Therapy for Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma, a SOGUG Study

TypeobservationalSponsorSpanish Oncology Genito-Urinary GroupRan2022 to 2023Enrolled125ConditionsMetastatic Urothelial CarcinomaArmsAvelumab
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Real-world data on avelumab in first-line maintenance therapy for advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma: the SOGUG-AVELUMAB RWD study.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  7. Avelumab maintenance in advanced urothelial carcinoma: real-world data from Northern Spain (AVEBLADDER study).Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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  17. A New Standard of Care for Bladder Cancer.Bladder cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Nedal BukhariDepartment of Medical Oncology, King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6166-5490
Humaid O Al-ShamsiAssociate Professor, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE.
Faisal AzamDepartment of Medical Oncology, King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
King Fahad Specialist Hospital · SAUniversity of Sharjah · AE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Platinum-based combination chemotherapy has been the standard of care in the first-line treatment of metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC). Treatment of metastatic disease following progression on platinum-based regimens has evolved significantly in the last few years. Clinical trials are currently ongoing to determine how best to use and sequence these treatments. In this minireview, we will review current first-line treatment options in both cisplatin fit and cisplatin unfit patients and advances in first- and second-line treatments including chemotherapy and immunotherapy. This review reports key findings from the clinical trials especially highlighting the importance of PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors in the treatment of bladder/urothelial carcinomas.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCisplatinHumansImmunotherapyNeoplasm MetastasisUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsAntineoplastic AgentsCisplatin

Identifiers

PMID29977169
PMCPMC6011065
OpenAlexW2806532569

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