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ReviewJournal of ovarian research2022

Maintenance therapy for newly diagnosed epithelial ovarian cancer- a review.

Shona Nag, Shyam Aggarwal, Amit Rauthan, Narayanankutty Warrier

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Review in Journal of ovarian research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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36citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
8.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Correlation between progression-free survival and overall survival in patients with ovarian cancer after cytoreductive surgery: a systematic literature review.International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Shona NagSahyadri Speciality Hospitals, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Shyam AggarwalSir Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Amit RauthanManipal Hospital, Karnataka, Bangalore, India.
Narayanankutty WarrierMVR Cancer Centre and Research Institute, Calicut, Kerala, India.
Manipal Hospital · INRegional Cancer Center, Thiruvananthapuram · INSahyadri Hospital · INSir Ganga Ram Hospital · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal gynaecological cancer among women worldwide, with the 5-year survival rate ranging between 30 and 40%. Due to the asymptomatic nature of the condition, it is more likely to be diagnosed at an advanced stage, requiring an aggressive therapeutic approach. Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) along with systemic chemotherapy with paclitaxel and carboplatin has been the mainstay of the treatment in the frontline management of EOC. In recent years, neo-adjuvant chemotherapy, followed by interval CRS has become an important strategy for the management of advanced EOC. Due to the high rate of recurrence, the oncology community has begun to shift its focus to molecular-targeted agents and maintenance therapy in the frontline settings. The rationale for maintenance therapy is to delay the progression or relapse of the disease, as long as possible after first-line treatment, irrespective of the amount of residual disease. Tumours with homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) including BReast CAncer gene (BRCA) mutations are found to be sensitive to polyadenosine diphosphate-ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors and understanding of HRD status has become important in the frontline setting. PARP inhibitors are reported to provide a significant improvement in progression-free survival and have an acceptable safety profile. PARP inhibitors have also been found to act regardless of BRCA status. Recently, PARP inhibitors as maintenance therapy in the frontline settings showed encouraging results in EOC; however, the results from further trials and survival data from ongoing trials are awaited for understanding the role of this pathway in treatment of EOC. This review discusses an overview of maintenance strategies in newly diagnosed EOC along with considerations for maintenance therapy in EOC with a focus on PARP inhibitors.

Indexed as

Ovarian NeoplasmsPoly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase InhibitorsCarboplatinCarcinoma, Ovarian EpithelialFemaleHumansNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalCarboplatinPoly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase InhibitorsAnti-angiogenic agentsEpithelial ovarian cancerMaintenance therapyMolecular-targeted therapyPARP inhibitors

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PMID35902911
PMCPMC9331490
OpenAlexW4288074425

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