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ReviewCancers2022

Advanced Adrenocortical Carcinoma: From Symptoms Control to Palliative Care.

Elena Ruggiero, Irene Tizianel, Mario Caccese, Giuseppe Lombardi, Ardi Pambuku, Vittorina Zagonel, Carla Scaroni, Fabio Formaglio, Filippo Ceccato

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Pilocytic astrocytoma surgery via the pineal region in a 9-year-old boy via the infratentorial-supracerebellar approach.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026
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  5. A standardized surgical approach to multifocal locoregionally recurrent left-sided adrenocortical carcinoma.European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology · 2025
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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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elena RuggieroPain Therapy and Palliative Care with Hospice Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, 35128 Padua, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6952-1275
Irene TizianelDepartment of Medicine DIMED, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy.
Mario CacceseDepartment of Oncology, Oncology Unit 1, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, 35128 Padua, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0059-5660
Giuseppe LombardiDepartment of Oncology, Oncology Unit 1, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, 35128 Padua, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1316-2132
Ardi PambukuPain Therapy and Palliative Care with Hospice Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, 35128 Padua, Italy.
Vittorina ZagonelDepartment of Oncology, Oncology Unit 1, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, 35128 Padua, Italy.
Carla ScaroniDepartment of Medicine DIMED, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy.
Fabio FormaglioPain Therapy and Palliative Care with Hospice Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, 35128 Padua, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1070-8403
Filippo CeccatoDepartment of Medicine DIMED, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1456-8716
Istituto Oncologico Veneto · ITUniversity of Padua · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prognosis of patients with advanced adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is often poor: in the case of metastatic disease, five-year survival is reduced. Advanced disease is not a non-curable disease and, in referral centers, the multidisciplinary approach is the standard of care: if a shared decision regarding several treatments is available, including the correct timing for the performance of each one, overall survival is increased. However, many patients with advanced ACC experience severe psychological and physical symptoms secondary to the disease and the cancer treatments. These symptoms, combined with existential issues, debase the quality of the remaining life. Recent strong evidence from cancer research supports the early integration of palliative care principles and skills into the advanced cancer patient's trajectory, even when asymptomatic. A patient with ACC risks quickly suffering from symptoms/effects alongside the disease; therefore, early palliative care, in some cases concurrent with oncological treatment (simultaneous care), is suggested. The aims of this paper are to review current, advanced ACC approaches, highlight appropriate forms of ACC symptom management and suggest when and how palliative care can be incorporated into the ACC standard of care.

Indexed as

adrenocortical carcinomaearly palliative caremultidisciplinary evaluationpalliative caresymptom management

Identifiers

PMID36497381
PMCPMC9739560
OpenAlexW4311009832

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