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ReviewAnnals of translational medicine2019

Treatment, complications, and outcomes of metastatic disease of the spine: from Patchell to PROMIS.

Alexander T Yahanda, Jacob M Buchowski, Adam M Wegner

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Review in Annals of translational medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Immune checkpoint inhibitors and other immunotherapies in the treatment of spinal column tumors: A systematic review and Meta-analysis of efficacy, and safety.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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  4. Impact of complications on survival after surgery for metastatic spinal cord compression.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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  5. Exploring clinical and demographic determinants of time to treatment in spinal metastases: A Large-Scale cohort study of more than 1000 patients.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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  7. Initial experience with MR-guided adaptive spinal stereotactic radiotherapy: a new indication for the MR-linac.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2025
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  14. The outcome of spine metastatic after surgery: a case series.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Alexander T YahandaDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Jacob M BuchowskiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Adam M WegnerDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal metastases are common in patients with cancer. As cancer treatments improve and these patients live longer, the number who present with metastatic spine disease will increase. Treatment strategies for these patients continues to evolve. In particular, since the prospective randomized controlled study in 2005 by Patchell

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Metastasispatient reported outcome measuresspine

Identifiers

PMID31297381
PMCPMC6595215
OpenAlexW2945763885

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