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ReviewNeuro-oncology2019

Treatment-induced brain tissue necrosis: a clinical challenge in neuro-oncology.

Sebastian F Winter, Franziska Loebel, Jay Loeffler, Tracy T Batchelor, Maria Martinez-Lage, Peter Vajkoczy, Jorg Dietrich

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Review in Neuro-oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

50 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Sebastian F WinterMGH Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Franziska LoebelDepartment of Neurosurgery, Charité‒Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Jay LoefflerDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Tracy T BatchelorMGH Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Maria Martinez-LageC S Kubik Laboratory for Neuropathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Peter VajkoczyDepartment of Neurosurgery, Charité‒Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany.
Jorg DietrichMGH Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer therapy-induced adverse effects on the brain are a major challenge in neuro-oncology. Brain tissue necrosis (treatment necrosis [TN]) as a consequence of brain directed cancer therapy remains an insufficiently characterized condition with diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties and is frequently associated with significant patient morbidity. A better understanding of the underlying mechanisms, improvement of diagnostic tools, development of preventive strategies, and implementation of evidence-based therapeutic practices are pivotal to improve patient management. In this comprehensive review, we address existing challenges associated with current TN-related clinical and research practices and highlight unanswered questions and areas in need of further research with the ultimate goal to improve management of patients affected by this important neuro-oncological condition.

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Antineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingBrainBrain NeoplasmsChemoradiotherapyDiagnosis, DifferentialDisease ProgressionGlioblastomaHumansNecrosisNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalNeurotoxicity SyndromesProtein Kinase InhibitorsRadiation InjuriesRadiotherapyTemozolomideAntineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingProtein Kinase InhibitorsTemozolomidecomplicationsmalignant gliomaradiation necrosistreatment effectstreatment necrosis

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PMID30828724
PMCPMC7594558

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