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ReviewAnnals of translational medicine2019

Lactate and cancer: spinal metastases and potential therapeutic targets (part 2).

Zach Pennington, Matthew L Goodwin, Erick M Westbroek, Ethan Cottrill, A Karim Ahmed, Daniel M Sciubba

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In one paragraph

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 29 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Glucose and Lactate, Starters or Intermediates of Cancer Metabolic Rewiring.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  9. Glioma neuron symbiosis: a hypothesis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025
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  15. Correspondence: work smart or work hard in patients with metastatic breast cancer: emphasizing the importance of immunological and lactate changes.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zach PenningtonDepartment of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Matthew L GoodwinDepartment of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Erick M WestbroekDepartment of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Ethan CottrillDepartment of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
A Karim AhmedDepartment of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Daniel M SciubbaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Johns Hopkins Medicine · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metastatic spine disease is a heterogeneous clinical condition commonly requiring surgical intervention. Despite this heterogeneity, all cases share the common theme of altered tumor metabolism, characterized by aerobic glycolysis and high lactate production. Here we review the existing literature on lactate metabolism as it pertains to tumor progression, metastasis, and the formation of painful bone lesions. We included articles from the English literature addressing the role of lactate metabolism in the following: (I) primary tumor aggressiveness, (II) local tissue invasion, (III) metastasis formation, and (IV) generation of oncologic pain. We also report current investigations into restoring normal lactate metabolism as a means of impeding tumor growth and the formation of bony metastases. Both

Indexed as

Lactic acidneoplasmsspinal metastasestumor metabolismWarburg effect

Identifiers

PMID31297386
PMCPMC6595206
OpenAlexW2920478943

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