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ArticleOncology reviews2018

The radiation therapy options of intracranial hemangiopericytoma: An overview and update on a rare vascular mesenchymal tumor.

Maria Paola Ciliberti, Rosa D'Agostino, Laura Gabrieli, Anna Nikolaou, Angela Sardaro

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Article in Oncology reviews, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 27 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 2 countries.

Maria Paola CilibertiDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, Section of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy, University Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
Rosa D'AgostinoDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, Section of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy, University Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
Laura GabrieliDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, Section of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy, University Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
Anna NikolaouDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, Section of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy, University Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
Angela SardaroDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, Section of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy, University Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
University of Bari Aldo Moro · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hemangiopericytoma (HPC) is an extremely rare hypervascular tumor of mesenchymal lineage. It tends to recur and to develop distant metastases even many years after primary surgical resection. The management of recurrent and metastatic disease is not always so well defined. A complete surgical resection does not eliminate the high risk of local recurrences that occur in the central nervous system, often in the same surgical bed. However, treatment with adjuvant radiotherapy even in cases of complete resection remains controversial. Because of its rarity, there is no standard for treatment. We focused on radiotherapy treatment options, analyzing the literature and making a base on conduct further studies to establish the standard radiation dose to be used for locoregional control of such a complex and extremely rare disease and to help specialists to take the most appropriate therapeutic option.

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bone metastasesHemangiopericytomamesenchymal tumorradiotherapyvascular tumor

Identifiers

PMID30101003
PMCPMC6068394
OpenAlexW2831809661

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