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ReviewCNS oncology2020

Endocrine therapy for the treatment of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis in luminal breast cancer: a comprehensive review.

Leonor Fernandes, Leonor Vasconcelos de Matos, Débora Cardoso, Marlene Saraiva, Renata Medeiros-Mirra, Andreia Coelho, Helena Miranda, Ana Martins

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In one paragraph

Review in CNS oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Ethanol extract fromNarra J · 2025
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  4. Leptomeningeal Metastases: New Opportunities in the Modern Era.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2022
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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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Leonor FernandesDepartment of Medical Oncology, Hospital São Francisco Xavier, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, 1449-005 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-6655-0986
Leonor Vasconcelos de MatosDepartment of Medical Oncology, Hospital São Francisco Xavier, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, 1449-005 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-9568-238X
Débora CardosoDepartment of Medical Oncology, Hospital São Francisco Xavier, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, 1449-005 Lisboa, Portugal.
Marlene SaraivaDepartment of Neurology, Hospital Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, 1349-019 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-2804-4112
Renata Medeiros-MirraCardiff School of Dentistry, College of Biomedical & Life Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, Wales, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5833-309X
Andreia CoelhoDepartment of Medical Oncology, Hospital São Francisco Xavier, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, 1449-005 Lisboa, Portugal.
Helena MirandaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Hospital São Francisco Xavier, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, 1449-005 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-2086-0193
Ana MartinsDepartment of Medical Oncology, Hospital São Francisco Xavier, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, 1449-005 Lisboa, Portugal.
Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental · PTCardiff University · GBHospital de Egas Moniz · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leptomeningeal disease (LMD) represents a devastating complication of advanced breast cancer (ABC), with survival of <5 months with multimodal treatment. The role of endocrine therapy (ET), due to its favorable toxicity profile and first-line indication in luminal ABC, appears promising in the setting of LMD, where symptom stabilization and quality-of-life preservation are the main goals; however, evidenced-based data are lacking. We conducted a thorough review of published evidence, aiming to investigate the role of ET in LMD treatment in luminal ABC. Twenty-one of 342 articles, evaluating 1302 patients, met inclusion criteria. ET use was rarely reported. New targeted agents show CNS activity. Research is lacking on the role of ET and targeted agents in BC-LMD treatment.

Indexed as

AdultAntineoplastic Agents, HormonalBreast NeoplasmsClinical Trials as TopicCombined Modality TherapyFemaleHumansMeningeal CarcinomatosisMiddle AgedAntineoplastic Agents, Hormonalbreast cancerendocrine therapyhormonal therapyleptomeningeal diseaseluminal-like breast cancermeningeal carcinomatosissystemic therapy

Identifiers

PMID33078616
PMCPMC7737195
OpenAlexW3092775622

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