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ArticleOncotarget2019

Regression of

Peter Y M Woo, Tai-Chung Lam, Jenny K S Pu, Lai-Fung Li, Roland C Y Leung, Jason M K Ho, James T F Zhung, Belinda Wong, Timonthy S K Chan, Herbert H F Loong and 1 more

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Article in Oncotarget, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Peter Y M WooDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong.
Tai-Chung LamDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Jenny K S PuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
Lai-Fung LiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
Roland C Y LeungDepartment of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
Jason M K HoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong.
James T F ZhungDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong.
Belinda WongPharmacy and Medical Therapeutics, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong.
Timonthy S K ChanDepartment of Pathology, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong.
Herbert H F LoongDepartment of Clinical Oncology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Ho-Keung NgDepartment of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Kwong Wah Hospital · CNChinese University of Hong Kong · CNQueen Mary Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundUp to 15% of young adults with glioblastoma have the activating oncogenic CASE PRESENTATION: The two patients were both 22 years old on presentation. After the initial tumor resection, they both developed rapid deterioration in performance status within a few weeks due to leptomeningeal metastases. In view of the critical condition, BRAF and MEK inhibitors were prescribed as first line treatment. The two patients both achieved dramatic clinical response, which was parallel to the impressive radiological regression of the disease. Unfortunately, the duration of disease control was short as drug resistance developed rapidly. The two patients died 7 and 7.5 month after initial diagnosis of GBM.

conclusionsPrimary treatment with inhibitors of BRAF and MEK can lead to tumor regression for patients with

Indexed as

BRAF-MEK inhibitorsBRAFV600E mutationglioblastomatargeted therapies

Identifiers

PMID31217909
PMCPMC6557198
OpenAlexW2948687975

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