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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2022

Supportive Care and Symptom Management for Patients With Immunoglobulin Light Chain (AL) Amyloidosis.

Christopher E Jensen, Mirnela Byku, Gerald A Hladik, Koyal Jain, Rebecca E Traub, Sascha A Tuchman

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
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  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Primary Systemic Amyloidosis: A Case Report.JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association · 2023
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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

6 authors.

Christopher E JensenDivision of Hematology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Mirnela BykuDivision of Cardiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Gerald A HladikDivision of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Koyal JainDivision of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Rebecca E TraubDepartment of Neurology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Sascha A TuchmanDivision of Hematology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.

Funding

UNC Geriatric Oncology Training Grant (UNC-GO)T32CA233419 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BUSBY-WHITEHEAD, JAN, MUSS, HYMAN · 2019 to 2023
$729k
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA233419
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a disorder of clonal plasma cells characterized by deposition of amyloid fibrils in a variety of tissues, leading to end-organ injury. Renal or cardiac involvement is most common, though any organ outside the central nervous system can develop amyloid deposition, and symptomatic presentations may consequently vary. The variability and subtlety of initial clinical presentations may contribute to delayed diagnoses, and organ involvement is often quite advanced and symptomatic by the time a diagnosis is established. Additionally, while organ function can improve with plasma-cell-directed therapy, such improvement lags behind hematologic response. Consequently, highly effective supportive care, including symptom management, is essential to improve quality of life and to maximize both tolerance of therapy and likelihood of survival. Considering the systemic nature of the disease, close collaboration between clinicians is essential for effective management.

Indexed as

AL amyloidosiscardiac amyloidosisnephrotic syndromeneuropathysupportive caresymptom management

Identifiers

PMID35814419
PMCPMC9259942

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