Glioblastoma resources?
February 6, 2021 11:39 PM Subscribe
I am looking for the definitive glioblastoma resource - if such a thing exists. Where do those who study this go to learn about the latest research, promising therapies and best practices?
I don't think there's any single definitive resource for anything in medicine, but there are several excellent resources which you can use to triangulate.
PubMed is searchable for nearly every peer-reviewed published study, and as 8603 said, you can set an alert. Keep in mind that studies take at least 6 months from submission to publication, although more and more places are doing online-ahead-of-print (once peer reviewed and accepted) to reduce lag to more like 3-4 months. Some might be paywalled. Reviews are more digestible than the primary literature, but the data is probably 2-3 years old by the time it's published.
ClinicalTrials.gov is a good place to go for actively enrolling studies, worldwide. Everything on there has been approved by an Institutional Review Board, some by multiple IRBs, which hopefully weeds out the snake oil salespeople who prey on desperation (unfortunately really common in this field).
In the US, the National Brain Tumor Society and the American Brain Tumor Association are good resources.
posted by basalganglia at 6:07 AM on February 7, 2021 [3 favorites]
PubMed is searchable for nearly every peer-reviewed published study, and as 8603 said, you can set an alert. Keep in mind that studies take at least 6 months from submission to publication, although more and more places are doing online-ahead-of-print (once peer reviewed and accepted) to reduce lag to more like 3-4 months. Some might be paywalled. Reviews are more digestible than the primary literature, but the data is probably 2-3 years old by the time it's published.
ClinicalTrials.gov is a good place to go for actively enrolling studies, worldwide. Everything on there has been approved by an Institutional Review Board, some by multiple IRBs, which hopefully weeds out the snake oil salespeople who prey on desperation (unfortunately really common in this field).
In the US, the National Brain Tumor Society and the American Brain Tumor Association are good resources.
posted by basalganglia at 6:07 AM on February 7, 2021 [3 favorites]
Something else to be aware of is that oncologists who follow the field will have an understanding of the relative rigor of the various journals that PubMed will return, and will favor some over others. (Likewise they will have biases about research performed in various countries; some they will pay closer attention to and some they will ignore.)
posted by ocherdraco at 8:55 AM on February 7, 2021
posted by ocherdraco at 8:55 AM on February 7, 2021
Another source is to look at presentations from society meetings like ASCO (Clinical oncology) or SSO (Surgical oncology).
posted by ocherdraco at 9:01 AM on February 7, 2021
posted by ocherdraco at 9:01 AM on February 7, 2021
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posted by 8603 at 5:30 AM on February 7, 2021