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ReviewCurrent oncology reports2012

Targeted therapy in bone and soft tissue sarcoma in children and adolescents.

Patrick A Thompson, Murali Chintagumpala

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Review in Current oncology reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Patrick A ThompsonTexas Children’s Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030-2399, USA. pathomps@txch.org
Murali Chintagumpala
Baylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pediatric soft-tissue and bone sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of tumors of mesenchymal origin which affect approximately 1,500 children in the United States each year. Using multimodal therapy (surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy),the overall 5-year survival rate for children with soft-tissue and bone sarcomas is approximately 60%–70%. However, the prognosis for children with metastatic or recurrent disease is poor; and, furthermore, the improvements in the overall cure rate have slowed. It is highly unlikely that further advances in the treatment of pediatric soft-tissue and bone sarcomas will come from traditional cytotoxic chemotherapy. Based on research advances in understanding the biology of pediatric soft-tissue and bone sarcomas, improved cure rates will likely be driven by new types of treatment which target the specific abnormalities within these tumors. These new targeted therapies may include small molecules, antibodies, or other immunotherapies. This review briefly describes the biology of the major types of pediatric sarcomas, discusses potential targets for new therapy, and highlights some recent and current clinical trials using targeted therapy.

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AdolescentAngiogenesis InhibitorsAntineoplastic AgentsBone NeoplasmsChildChild, PreschoolClinical Trials as TopicHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyPrognosisProtein Kinase InhibitorsSarcomaSoft Tissue NeoplasmsVascular Endothelial Growth FactorsAngiogenesis InhibitorsAntineoplastic AgentsProtein Kinase InhibitorsVascular Endothelial Growth Factors

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PMID22302601
OpenAlexW2008623859

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