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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2023

Primary Intracranial Gliosarcoma: Is It Really a Variant of Glioblastoma? An Update of the Clinical, Radiological, and Biomolecular Characteristics.

Domenico La Torre, Attilio Della Torre, Erica Lo Turco, Prospero Longo, Dorotea Pugliese, Paola Lacroce, Giuseppe Raudino, Alberto Romano, Angelo Lavano, Francesco Tomasello

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 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

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Domenico La TorreDepartment of Medical and Surgery Sciences, School of Medicine, AOU "Renato Dulbecco", University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3918-8798
Attilio Della TorreDepartment of Medical and Surgery Sciences, School of Medicine, AOU "Renato Dulbecco", University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0872-0152
Erica Lo TurcoDepartment of Medical and Surgery Sciences, School of Medicine, AOU "Renato Dulbecco", University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Prospero LongoDepartment of Medical and Surgery Sciences, School of Medicine, AOU "Renato Dulbecco", University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Dorotea PuglieseHumanitas, Istituto Clinico Catanese, 95045 Catania, Italy.
Paola LacroceDepartment of Medical and Surgery Sciences, School of Medicine, AOU "Renato Dulbecco", University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Giuseppe RaudinoHumanitas, Istituto Clinico Catanese, 95045 Catania, Italy.
Alberto RomanoHumanitas, Istituto Clinico Catanese, 95045 Catania, Italy.
Angelo LavanoDepartment of Medical and Surgery Sciences, School of Medicine, AOU "Renato Dulbecco", University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8180-8391
Francesco TomaselloHumanitas, Istituto Clinico Catanese, 95045 Catania, Italy.
Magna Graecia University · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gliosarcomas (GS) are sporadic malignant tumors classified as a Glioblastoma (GBM) variant with IDH-wild type phenotype. It appears as a well-circumscribed lesion with a biphasic, glial, and metaplastic mesenchymal component. The current knowledge about GS comes from the limited literature. Furthermore, recent studies describe peculiar characteristics of GS, such as hypothesizing that it could be a clinical-pathological entity different from GBM. Here, we review radiological, biomolecular, and clinical data to describe the peculiar characteristics of PGS, treatment options, and outcomes in light of the most recent literature. A comprehensive literature review of PubMed and Web of Science databases was conducted for articles written in English focused on gliosarcoma until 2023. We include relevant data from a few case series and only a single meta-analysis. Recent evidence describes peculiar characteristics of PGS, suggesting that it might be a specific clinical-pathological entity different from GBM. This review facilitates our understanding of this rare malignant brain tumor. However, in the future we recommend multi-center studies and large-scale metanalyses to clarify the biomolecular pathways of PGS to develop new specific therapeutic protocols, different from conventional GBM therapy in light of the new therapeutic opportunities.

Indexed as

glioblastomahTERTIDHMGMToverall survivalprimary gliosarcoma

Identifiers

PMID38202090
PMCPMC10779593
OpenAlexW4390176345

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