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SynthesisCancer causes & control : CCC2021

Association between cytoreductive nephrectomy and survival among patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma receiving modern therapies: a systematic review and meta-analysis examining effect modification according to systemic therapy approach.

Mary E Hall, Bimal Bhindi, Amy N Luckenbaugh, Aaron A Laviana, Kelvin A Moses, Raj Satkunasivam, Brian Rini, Zachary Klaassen, Christopher J D Wallis

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Synthesis in Cancer causes & control : CCC, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cytoreductive nephrectomy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Mary E HallDepartment of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, A1302 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN, 37232-2765, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2096-7337
Bimal BhindiSection of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Amy N LuckenbaughDepartment of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, A1302 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN, 37232-2765, USA.
Aaron A LavianaDepartment of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, A1302 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN, 37232-2765, USA.
Kelvin A MosesDepartment of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, A1302 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN, 37232-2765, USA.
Raj SatkunasivamDepartment of Urology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
Brian RiniDepartment of Medical Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Zachary KlaassenDivision of Urology, Medical College of Georgia At Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA.
Christopher J D WallisDepartment of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, A1302 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN, 37232-2765, USA. wallis.cjd@gmail.com.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · USAugusta University · USHouston Methodist · USUniversity of Calgary · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeCytoreductive nephrectomy (CN) has played a role in treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) since trials demonstrated a survival benefit in patients receiving CN with interferon. With the publication of CARMENA, it became clear that the value of CN may depend on the co-therapy administered. We sought to assess the benefit of CN in the era of modern immunotherapy (IO).

methodsWe performed a systematic review to identify studies assessing CN in patients receiving TT or IO. We extracted multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios for the association between CN and overall survival (OS) and performed random effects meta-analysis. We tested for effect modification by systemic therapy approach on the association between CN and OS by pooling the difference in logHR associated with CN for patients treated with TT versus IO.

resultsWe identified three comparisons assessing CN in patients receiving TT or IO. Pooled analysis indicated improved survival with CN in both the TT (2 cohorts, pooled HR: 0.52, 95% CI 0.46-0.59; I

conclusionIn observational datasets, we observed a larger survival benefit to CN in patients treated with IO-based regimens versus those treated with TT-based regimens. While the role of CN for patients receiving TT has recently been questioned, this suggests that the results of CARMENA do not necessarily preclude a benefit to CN when combined with IO-based regimens.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Renal CellCombined Modality TherapyCytoreduction Surgical ProceduresFemaleHumansImmunotherapyKidney NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedMolecular Targeted TherapyNephrectomySurvivalCytoreductive nephrectomyImmunotherapyKidney cancerRenal cell carcinoma

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PMID33963938
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