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ReviewCurrent neurology and neuroscience reports2010

Management of low-grade glioma.

Nader Pouratian, David Schiff

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In one paragraph

Review in Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
58citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

58 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 150 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. SEOM-GEINO clinical guidelines for grade 2 gliomas (2023).Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2024
    Guideline
  2. Management of incidental brain tumors in children: a systematic review.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2020
    Pooled it
  3. Biopsy versus resection for the management of low-grade gliomas.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
    Pooled it
  4. Guideline
  5. Trial
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  8. Review
  9. Incidental brain tumor findings in children: prevalence, natural history, management, controversies, challenges, and dilemmas.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024
    Review
  10. Article
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  14. Prognostic Factors of Low-Grade Gliomas in Adults.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2022
    Article
  15. Zebrafish Models of Paediatric Brain Tumours.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
    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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nader PouratianDepartment of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10945 Le Conte Avenue, Suite 2120, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. npouratian@mednet.ucla.edu
David Schiff
Neurological Surgery · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The optimal management of patients with low-grade glioma (LGG) is controversial. The controversy largely stems from the lack of well-designed clinical trials with adequate follow-up to account for the relatively long progression-free survival and overall survival of patients with LGG. Nonetheless, the literature increasingly suggests that expectant management is no longer optimal. Rather, there is mounting evidence supporting active management including consideration of surgical resection, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, molecular and histopathologic characterization, and use of modern imaging techniques for monitoring and prognostication. In particular, there is growing evidence favoring extensive surgical resection and increasing interest in the role of chemotherapy (especially temozolomide) in the management of these tumors. In this review, we critically analyze emerging trends in the literature with respect to management of LGG, with particular emphasis on reports published during the past year.

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsChemotherapy, AdjuvantCombined Modality TherapyDiagnostic ImagingGliomaHumansNeurosurgical ProceduresPrognosisRadiotherapy, Adjuvant

Identifiers

PMID20425038
PMCPMC2857752
OpenAlexW2100242207

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Registered trials

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