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ReviewBlood2023

How I prevent and treat central nervous system disease in adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Noam E Kopmar, Ryan D Cassaday

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In one paragraph

Review in Blood, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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39citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 49 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Noam E KopmarDivision of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Ryan D CassadayDivision of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.ORCID 0000-0002-3424-2425
University of Washington · US

Funding

RESEARCH TRAINING IN HEMATOLOGYT32HL007093 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Janis L Abkowitz · 1985 to 2026
$13.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007093
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The central nervous system (CNS) is the most important site of extramedullary disease in adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Although CNS disease is identified only in a minority of patients at the time of diagnosis, subsequent CNS relapses (either isolated or concurrent with other sites) occur in some patients even after the delivery of prophylactic therapy targeted to the CNS. Historically, prophylaxis against CNS disease has included intrathecal (IT) chemotherapy and radiotherapy (RT), although the latter is being used with decreasing frequency. Treatment of a CNS relapse usually involves intensive systemic therapy and cranial or craniospinal RT along with IT therapy and consideration of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant. However, short- and long-term toxicities can make these interventions prohibitively risky, particularly for older adults. As new antibody-based immunotherapy agents have been approved for relapsed/refractory B-cell ALL, their use specifically for patients with CNS disease is an area of keen interest not only because of the potential for efficacy but also concerns of unique toxicity to the CNS. In this review, we discuss data-driven approaches for these common and challenging clinical scenarios as well as highlight how recent findings potentially support the use of novel immunotherapeutic strategies for CNS disease.

Indexed as

Central Nervous System DiseasesCentral Nervous System NeoplasmsHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaAgedCentral Nervous SystemHumansRecurrence

Identifiers

PMID36548957
PMCPMC10082377
OpenAlexW4313236301

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