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ReviewAnnals of translational medicine2020

Systemic anti-cancer treatment in malignant ovarian germ cell tumours (MOGCTs): current management and promising approaches.

Mario Uccello, Stergios Boussios, Eleftherios P Samartzis, Michele Moschetta

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Review in Annals of translational medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Clinical Challenges in the Management of Malignant Ovarian Germ Cell Tumours.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  15. Non-Epithelial Ovarian Cancers: How Much Do We Really Know?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  19. Wise Management of Ovarian Cancer: On the Cutting Edge.Journal of personalized medicine · 2020
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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 at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Mario UccelloOncology Department, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust, Northampton, UK.
Stergios BoussiosDepartment of Medical Oncology, Medway NHS Foundation Trust, Gillingham, UK.
Eleftherios P SamartzisDepartment of Gynecology and Gynecological Cancer Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Michele MoschettaCambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GBMedway NHS Foundation Trust · GBNorthampton General Hospital NHS Trust · GBUniversity Hospital of Zurich · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malignant ovarian germ cell tumours (MOGCTs) are rare. Unlike epithelial ovarian cancer, MOGCTs typically occur in girls and young women. Fertility-sparing surgery and platinum-based chemotherapy remain the standard of care, providing high chance of cure at all stages. Given the lack of high-quality studies in this field, current practice guidelines recommend chemotherapy regimens adopted in testicular germ cell tumours. However, platinum-resistant/refractory MOGCTs retain a worse prognosis in comparison with their male counterpart. Herein, we focus on current systemic anti-cancer treatment options in MOGCTs and promising approaches. Future studies enrolling exclusively female participants or germ cell tumour trials allowing participation of MOGCT patients are strongly recommended in order to improve evidence on existing management and develop novel strategies.

Indexed as

chemotherapygerm cell tumourOvariantargeted therapy

Identifiers

PMID33490225
PMCPMC7812190
OpenAlexW3015520416

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