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ReviewPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2024

The Management of Phaeochromocytomas and Paragangliomas in the Era of Precision Medicine: Where Are We Now? Evidence-Based Systemic Treatment Options and Future Cluster Oriented Perspectives.

Alessandra Bracigliano, Antonella Lucia Marretta, Luigi Pio Guerrera, Roberto Simioli, Ottavia Clemente, Vincenza Granata, Anita Minopoli, Giuseppina Della Vittoria Scarpati, Fernanda Picozzi, Lucia Cannella and 7 more

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Review in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

17 authors.

Alessandra BraciglianoNuclear Medicine Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione "G.Pascale", 80131 Naples, Italy.
Antonella Lucia MarrettaMedical Oncology Unit, Ospedale Ave Gratia Plena, San Felice A Cancello, 81027 Caserta, Italy.
Luigi Pio GuerreraSarcoma and Rare Tumors Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione "G.Pascale", 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1475-3252
Roberto SimioliSarcoma and Rare Tumors Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione "G.Pascale", 80131 Naples, Italy.
Ottavia ClementeSarcoma and Rare Tumors Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione "G.Pascale", 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0569-8570
Vincenza GranataRadiology Division, Istituto Nazionale Tumori I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione "G.Pascale", 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6601-3221
Anita MinopoliLaboratory Medicine Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS "Fondazione G. Pascale", 80131 Napoli, Italy.
Giuseppina Della Vittoria ScarpatiSarcoma and Rare Tumors Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione "G.Pascale", 80131 Naples, Italy.
Fernanda PicozziSarcoma and Rare Tumors Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione "G.Pascale", 80131 Naples, Italy.
Lucia CannellaSarcoma and Rare Tumors Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione "G.Pascale", 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9993-2013
Antonio PizzolorussoSarcoma and Rare Tumors Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione "G.Pascale", 80131 Naples, Italy.
Francesca Di GennaroNuclear Medicine Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione "G.Pascale", 80131 Naples, Italy.
Roberto TafutoDivision of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosciences and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Università Degli Studi Di Napoli Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Maria Rosaria SarnoDivision of Pharmacy, Istituto Nazionale Tumori I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione "G.Pascale", 80131 Naples, Italy.
Ernesta CavalcantiLaboratory Medicine Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS "Fondazione G. Pascale", 80131 Napoli, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6302-1579
Dario RiberaMedical Oncology Unit, Sessa Aurunca, Ospedale San Rocco, 81037 Caserta, Italy.
Salvatore TafutoSarcoma and Rare Tumors Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione "G.Pascale", 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3019-354X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pheochromocytomas (PCCs) and Paragangliomas (PGLs), commonly known as PPGLs to include both entities, are rare neuroendocrine tumors that may arise in the context of hereditary syndromes or be sporadic. However, even among sporadic PPGLs, identifiable somatic alterations in at least one of the known susceptibility genes can be detected. Therefore, about 3/4 of all PPGL patients can be assigned to one of the three molecular clusters that have been identified in the last years with difference in the underlying pathogenetic mechanisms, biochemical phenotype, metastatic potential, and prognosis. While surgery represents the mainstay of treatment for localized PPGLs, several therapeutic options are available in advanced and/or metastatic setting. However, only few of them hinge upon prospective data and a cluster-oriented approach has not yet been established. In order to render management even more personalized and improve the prognosis of this molecularly complex disease, it is undoubtable that genetic testing for germline mutations as well as genome profiling for somatic mutations, where available, must be improved and become standard practice. This review summarizes the current evidence regarding diagnosis and treatment of PPGLs, supporting the need of a more cluster-specific approach in clinical practice.

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cluster-specific approachmanagementmolecular clustersneuroendocrine tumorsparagangliomasphaeochromocytomas

Identifiers

PMID38543140
PMCPMC10975789

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