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ReviewNeuro-oncology practice2020

Brian Stocksdale, Seema Nagpal, John D Hixson, Derek R Johnson, Prashant Rai, Akhil Shivaprasad, Ivo W Tremont-Lukats

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In one paragraph

Review in Neuro-oncology practice, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Brian StocksdaleDrexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Seema NagpalDepartment of Neurology, Stanford University, California.ORCID 0000-0002-0289-2319
John D HixsonDepartment of Neurology, University of California San Francisco.ORCID 0000-0003-3053-6474
Derek R JohnsonDepartment of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.ORCID 0000-0002-4217-5517
Prashant RaiDepartment of Neurology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
Akhil ShivaprasadStanley H. Appel Department of Neurology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas.
Ivo W Tremont-LukatsKenneth R. Peak Brain and Pituitary Tumor Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas.ORCID 0000-0001-8086-0200
Methodist Hospital · USDrexel University · USMayo Clinic · USStanford University · USThe University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with primary brain tumors often experience seizures, which can be the presenting symptom or occur for the first time at any point along the illness trajectory. In addition to causing morbidity, seizures negatively affect independence and quality of life in other ways, for example, by leading to loss of driving privileges. Long-term therapy with antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) is the standard of care in brain tumor patients with seizures, but the role of prophylactic AEDs in seizure-naive patients remains controversial. In this article, experts in the field discuss the issues of AED efficacy and toxicity, and explain their differing recommendations for routine use of prophylactic AEDs.

Indexed as

antiepilepticbrain tumorgliomaprophylaxisseizure

Identifiers

PMID33312673
PMCPMC7716178
OpenAlexW3026793391

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.