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ReviewAnnual review of pathology2013

Pathological and molecular advances in pediatric low-grade astrocytoma.

Fausto J Rodriguez, Kah Suan Lim, Daniel Bowers, Charles G Eberhart

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Review in Annual review of pathology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
6.0field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Pilocytic astrocytoma in pediatric and adult patients: a single-center analysis of 650 cases.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2026
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  9. NF-кB inhibition by DHMEQ: in vitro antiproliferative effects on pilocytic astrocytoma and concise review of the current literature.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2020
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  11. Case reports in pathology · 2020
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  14. Zinc and zinc-containing biomolecules in childhood brain tumors.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2016
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  17. Pediatric Brain Tumors: Current Knowledge and Therapeutic Opportunities.Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology · 2016
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  20. The evolving molecular genetics of low-grade glioma.Advances in anatomic pathology · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fausto J RodriguezDepartment of Pathology, Johns Hopkins UniversitySchool of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
Kah Suan Lim
Daniel Bowers
Charles G Eberhart
Ophthalmology Associates (United States) · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

Translational Research Central ServicesP30CA006973 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Rosalie Wollett · 1985 to 2026
$208.6M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA006973NINDS NIH HHS L40 NS075909
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pediatric low-grade astrocytomas are the most common brain tumors in children. They can have similar microscopic and clinical features, making accurate diagnosis difficult. For patients whose tumors are in locations that do not permit full resection, or those with an intrinsically aggressive biology, more effective therapies are required. Until recently, little was known about the molecular changes that drive the initiation and growth of pilocytic and other low-grade astrocytomas beyond the association of a minority of cases, primarily in the optic nerve, with neurofibromatosis type 1. Over the past several years, a wide range of studies have implicated the BRAF oncogene and other members of this signaling cascade in the pathobiology of pediatric low-grade astrocytoma. In this review, we attempt to summarize this rapidly developing field and discuss the potential for translating our growing molecular knowledge into improved diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers and new targeted therapies.

Indexed as

AnimalsAstrocytomaBrain NeoplasmsHumansNeoplasm Grading

Identifiers

PMID23121055
PMCPMC3600584
OpenAlexW2168640478

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