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ArticleCureus2022

Two Cases of Primary Spinal Glioblastoma in Adults Treated With Multimodality Therapy.

Ella Mae Cruz-Lim, François Germain, Delia Sauciuc, Benjamin Mou

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Influence of treatment modalities on survival and progression free survival in primary spinal cord glioblastoma: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
    Pooled it
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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ella Mae Cruz-LimDepartment of Radiation Oncology, BC Cancer Agency Sindi Ahluwalia Hawkins Centre for the Southern Interior, Kelowna, CAN.
François GermainDepartment of Radiation Oncology, BC Cancer Agency Sindi Ahluwalia Hawkins Centre for the Southern Interior, Kelowna, CAN.
Delia SauciucDepartment of Medical Oncology, BC Cancer Agency Sindi Ahluwalia Hawkins Centre for the Southern Interior, Kelowna, CAN.
Benjamin MouDepartment of Radiation Oncology, BC Cancer Agency Sindi Ahluwalia Hawkins Centre for the Southern Interior, Kelowna, CAN.
BC Cancer Agency · CAUniversidad de Zamboanga · PH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary spinal glioblastoma (GBM) is a rare disease entity with no established standard treatment. We present two cases of primary spinal GBM initially presenting with motor-sensory deficits and back pain. Management varied in that the first patient received subtotal resection followed by radiation therapy, while the second patient underwent gross total resection followed by radiation therapy and temozolomide. The first patient died from hypoxemia secondary to disease progression affecting diaphragmatic motion three months after diagnosis. The second patient progressed intracranially and died 7.4 months after diagnosis. There is no standard of care for primary spinal GBM, so treatment should follow a multidisciplinary discussion focused on patient-specific goals. These cases highlight the poor prognosis of primary spinal GBM despite different treatment approaches, necessitating accurate reporting of all similar cases to help improve knowledge and management of this rare malignancy.

Indexed as

adultschemotherapyprimary spinal cord tumorsradiation therapyspinal cord glioblastomaspinal glioblastomasurgery

Identifiers

PMID36628013
PMCPMC9816369
OpenAlexW4311159958

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Registered trials

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