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ReviewBiomedicines2022

Preclinical Models of Brain Metastases in Breast Cancer.

Natasha N Knier, Sierra Pellizzari, Jiangbing Zhou, Paula J Foster, Armen Parsyan

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Review in Biomedicines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Altered Cell SurfaceJournal of proteome research · 2025
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  4. Between Prometheus and Thanatos: Reflections on Intracardiac Injection Models for Metastasis in Mice.Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2025
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  6. Biological profile of breast cancer brain metastasis.Acta neuropathologica communications · 2025
    Review
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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Natasha N KnierDepartment of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4960-6535
Sierra PellizzariDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4553-1799
Jiangbing ZhouDepartment of Neurosurgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Paula J FosterDepartment of Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada.
Armen ParsyanDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada.
Western University · CAYale University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer remains a leading cause of mortality among women worldwide. Brain metastases confer extremely poor prognosis due to a lack of understanding of their specific biology, unique physiologic and anatomic features of the brain, and limited treatment strategies. A major roadblock in advancing the treatment of breast cancer brain metastases (BCBM) is the scarcity of representative experimental preclinical models. Current models are predominantly based on the use of animal xenograft models with immortalized breast cancer cell lines that poorly capture the disease's heterogeneity. Recent years have witnessed the development of patient-derived in vitro and in vivo breast cancer culturing systems that more closely recapitulate the biology from individual patients. These advances led to the development of modern patient-tissue-based experimental models for BCBM. The success of preclinical models is also based on the imaging technologies used to detect metastases. Advances in animal brain imaging, including cellular MRI and multimodality imaging, allow sensitive and specific detection of brain metastases and monitoring treatment responses. These imaging technologies, together with novel translational breast cancer models based on patient-derived cancer tissues, represent a unique opportunity to advance our understanding of brain metastases biology and develop novel treatment approaches. This review discusses the state-of-the-art knowledge in preclinical models of this disease.

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animal imagingbrain metastasisbreast cancermultimodal imagingpatient-derived xenograftspreclinical animal models

Identifiers

PMID35327469
PMCPMC8945440
OpenAlexW4220683057

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