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ReviewJournal of neuro-oncology2019

Carbon ion radiotherapy in the treatment of gliomas: a review.

Timothy D Malouff, Jennifer L Peterson, Anita Mahajan, Daniel M Trifiletti

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Review in Journal of neuro-oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. International journal of particle therapy · 2025
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  8. Updates on management of gliomas in the molecular age.World journal of clinical oncology · 2024
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  12. Treatment of Adult Gliomas: A Current Update.Brain & NeuroRehabilitation · 2022
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  16. Novel Concepts of Glioblastoma Therapy Concerning Its Heterogeneity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  20. Bioinformatic Profiling of Prognosis-Related Genes in Malignant Glioma Microenvironment.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2020
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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

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Timothy D MalouffDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic Florida, 4500 San Pablo Road S, Mayo 1N, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA.
Jennifer L PetersonDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic Florida, 4500 San Pablo Road S, Mayo 1N, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA.
Anita MahajanDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Daniel M TrifilettiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic Florida, 4500 San Pablo Road S, Mayo 1N, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA. trifiletti.daniel@mayo.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9150-2916
Jacksonville College · USMayo Clinic in Arizona · USMayo Clinic in Florida · USWinnMed · US

Funding

Mayo Clinic Eveleigh Family Career Development Award
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionGliomas are among the most common primary brain malignancies, with a poor prognosis for high grade gliomas despite aggressive therapy. Carbon ions, which exhibit favorable biological and physical characteristics, have recently been studied in intracranial malignancies as a way to escalate dose to the tumor while minimizing dose to normal tissue.

methodsPubmed/Medline, SCOPUS, EMBASE, CINAHL and the Cochrane database were systematically reviewed using the search terms "carbon ion" and "glioma" or "glioblastoma" in August 2019. Out of 332 articles screened, 43 were included in this analysis.

resultsThis comprehensive review describes the pertinent physics and radiation biology studies relevant to the treatment of gliomas with carbon ions and summarizes the important clinical studies for both high and low grade gliomas. Studies investigating carbon ions as both definitive radiotherapy and as a boost to traditional radiotherapy are reviewed. The use of carbon ion radiotherapy in the setting of recurrent disease is also described.

conclusionsCarbon ion radiotherapy is both efficacious and safe based on early clinical studies. Current trials, including the CLEOPATRA and CINDERLLA trials, hope to define the role of carbon ion radiotherapy in the treatment of gliomas.

Indexed as

Heavy Ion RadiotherapyBrain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaGliomaHumansTreatment OutcomeBrainGlioblastomaHadronHeavyParticleTumor

Identifiers

PMID31571113
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