Steroids and risk of osteonecrosis in ALL: take a break.

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.

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.

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Whole-joint magnetic resonance imaging to assess osteonecrosis in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic lymphoma.Pediatric blood & cancer · 2020
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2. Bone Remodeling in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Two-Year Prospective Longitudinal Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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3. Bone Remodeling Markers in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia after Intensive Chemotherapy: The Screenshot of a Biochemical Signature.Cancers · 2023
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4. High-energy focused extracorporeal shock wave prevents the occurrence of glucocorticoid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head: A prospective randomized controlled trial.Journal of orthopaedic translation · 2022
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5. Selective Ulnar Nerve Decompression, Capsular Branch Denervation, and Arthroscopic Debridement as a Unique Technique to Improve Quality of Life for Avascular Necrosis of the Distal Humerus and Radius in a Young Patient With ALL.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2022
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6. Osteonecrosis in Korean Paediatric and Young Adults with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia or Lymphoblastic Lymphoma: A Nationwide Epidemiological Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022
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7. Recent perspectives on the association between osteonecrosis and bone mineral density decline in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.Faculty reviews · 2021
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8. Osteonecrosis in children and adolescents with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a therapeutic challenge.Blood advances · 2017
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9. Osteonecrosis in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.Haematologica · 2016
   Review
10. Multicentric epidemiologic study on six thousand three hundred and ninety five cases of femoral head osteonecrosis in China.International orthopaedics · 2016
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11. Management and treatment of osteonecrosis in children and adolescents with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.Haematologica · 2014
    Review
12. Symptomatic osteonecrosis in childhood leukemia survivors: prevalence, risk factors and impact on quality of life in adulthood.Haematologica · 2013
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Corrections and comments

• Comment on
  Effect of alternate-week versus continuous dexamethasone scheduling on the risk of osteonecrosis in paediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: results from the CCG-1961 randomised cohort trial.2012

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Funding

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Abstract

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