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ArticleOxford medical case reports2020

Remarkable response of a patient with secondary glioblastoma to a histone deacetylase inhibitor.

Saumya S Gurbani, Brent D Weinberg, Eric Salgado, Alfredo Voloschin, Jose Enrique Velazquez Vega, Jeffrey J Olson, Hui-Kuo G Shu, Hyunsuk Shim

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Article in Oxford medical case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. A Perspective of Epigenetic Regulation in Radiotherapy.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Saumya S GurbaniDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Brent D WeinbergDepartment of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Eric SalgadoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Alfredo VoloschinWinship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Jose Enrique Velazquez VegaDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Jeffrey J OlsonWinship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Hui-Kuo G ShuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Hyunsuk ShimDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Emory University · US

Funding

Graduate Training in the Pharmacological StudiesT32GM008602 · NIGMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI HALL, RANDY A. · 1996 to 2021
$5.1M
Improved Whole-Brain Spectroscopic MRI for Radiation Treatment PlanningU01EB028145 · NIBIB · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI COOPER, LEE, HAN, HUI · 2018 to 2020
$2.4M
Towards the automation of MR spectroscopic imaging in patients with glioblashomaF30CA206291 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI GURBANI, SAUMYA · 2016 to 2020
$240k
NCI NIH HHS F30 CA206291NIBIB NIH HHS U01 EB028145NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008602
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Secondary glioblastoma is a rare brain tumor characterized by a mutation in isocitrate dehydrogenase, which is reported to lead to epigenetic modification. Patients with secondary glioblastoma experience poor survival and quality-of-life outcomes due to the disease's aggressiveness and a lack of targeted therapies. In this report, a patient with a secondary glioblastoma was treated with a histone deacetylase inhibitor, an epigenetic drug with potent anti-inflammatory properties, in addition to the standard regimen. The patient showed very favorable survival and quality-of-life measures, and a restoration of several neuro-metabolites as measured by spectroscopic magnetic resonance imaging.

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HDAC inhibitor

Identifiers

PMID32257248
PMCPMC7104214
OpenAlexW3014321378

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