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ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine2020

Clinical Perspectives in Brain Metastasis.

Krutika Deshpande, Ian Buchanan, Vahan Martirosian, Josh Neman

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Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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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.

Krutika DeshpandeDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA.
Ian BuchananDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA.
Vahan MartirosianDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA.
Josh NemanDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain metastases (BMs) are responsible for decline in neurological function, reduction in overall quality of life, and mortality from recurrent or untreatable lesions. Advances in diagnostics and imaging have led to increased detection of central nervous system (CNS) metastases in patients with progressive cancers. Improved control of extracranial systemic disease, and the limited ability of current therapeutics to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) also contribute to the increase in incidence of brain metastases, as tumor cells seek refuge in the brain. Surgery, chemotherapy, and/or radiation (whole-brain radiation therapy and stereotactic radiation surgery [WBRT/SRS]) are a clinically established treatment paradigm for patients with brain metastases. With the advent of genetic and molecular characterization of tumors and their immune microenvironment, clinical trials seek to include targeted drugs into the therapeutic regimen for eligible patients. Several challenges, like treatment of multiple CNS lesions, superior uptake of chemotherapy into the brain, and trials with multidisciplinary approaches, are now being clinically addressed.

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Antineoplastic AgentsBrain NeoplasmsCombined Modality TherapyCranial IrradiationHumansQuality of LifeRadiosurgeryAntineoplastic Agents

Identifiers

PMID31615863
PMCPMC7263089

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