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ArticleProceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center)2020

Optimum treatment for primary intracranial Ewing sarcoma.

Sasha G Howell, Kristopher A Lyon, David Garrett, Jason H Huang, Ekokobe Fonkem

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Article in Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 40% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Ewing sarcoma of the sphenoid bone: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2025
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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sasha G HowellDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor Scott & White Medical CenterTempleTexas.ORCID 0000-0001-6822-4383
Kristopher A LyonDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor Scott & White Medical CenterTempleTexas.ORCID 0000-0003-3095-2697
David GarrettDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor Scott & White Medical CenterTempleTexas.
Jason H HuangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor Scott & White Medical CenterTempleTexas.
Ekokobe FonkemDepartment of Neurosurgery, Baylor Scott & White Medical CenterTempleTexas.
Temple College · USBaylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ewing sarcoma (ES) is an aggressive, high-grade neuroectodermal neoplasm that frequently manifests in children and young adults. Although ES without osseous involvement most commonly involves paravertebral regions of the spine, it very rarely presents as a primary intracranial tumor. This report discusses a unique presentation of an adult extraosseous ES arising from the pineal region with extension into the third and fourth ventricles and multiple drop metastases to the spine. This case demonstrates the application of current chemotherapeutic and adjuvant management and offers insight into possible treatment modalities for metastasis in an atypical extraosseous ES involving the brain and spine.

Indexed as

ChemotherapyEwing sarcomapineal region tumorradiation therapy

Identifiers

PMID32675975
PMCPMC7340410
OpenAlexW3023244530

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Registered trials

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