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ReviewNature reviews. Cancer2014

Paediatric and adult glioblastoma: multiform (epi)genomic culprits emerge.

Dominik Sturm, Sebastian Bender, David T W Jones, Peter Lichter, Jacques Grill, Oren Becher, Cynthia Hawkins, Jacek Majewski, Chris Jones, Joseph F Costello and 5 more

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Review in Nature reviews. Cancer, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 318 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
318citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
35.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

318 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 556 citations in OpenAlex.

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258 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

15 authors at 12 institutions in 5 countries.

Dominik Sturm1] Division of Pediatric Neurooncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. [2] Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, and Immunology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 430, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. [3].
Sebastian Bender1] Division of Pediatric Neurooncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. [2] Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, and Immunology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 430, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. [3].
David T W JonesDivision of Pediatric Neurooncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Peter LichterDivision of Molecular Genetics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Jacques GrillBrain Tumor Program, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Oncology, Gustave Roussy Cancer Institute, Université Paris-Sud, 114 Rue Eduoard Vaillant, 94805 Villejuif, France.
Oren BecherDivision of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, DUMC 91001, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Cynthia HawkinsThe Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada.
Jacek MajewskiDivision of Experimental Medicine and Department of Human Genetics, McGill University and McGill University Health Centre, 2155 Guy Street, Montreal, Québec, H3H 2R9, Canada.
Chris JonesDivisions of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Therapeutics, The Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5NG, UK.
Joseph F CostelloBrain Tumor Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, 2340 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California 94143, USA.
Antonio IavaroneInstitute for Cancer Genetics and Departments of Pathology and Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center, 1130 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York, New York 10032, USA.
Kenneth AldapeDepartment of Neuro-Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Unit 0085, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Cameron W BrennanHuman Oncology & Pathogenesis Program and Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Tumor Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, New York, New York 10065, USA.
Nada JabadoDivision of Experimental Medicine and Department of Human Genetics, McGill University and McGill University Health Centre, 2155 Guy Street, Montreal, Québec, H3H 2R9, Canada.
Stefan M Pfister1] Division of Pediatric Neurooncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. [2] Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, and Immunology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 430, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
German Cancer Research Center · DEHeidelberg University · DEMcGill University Health Centre · CAColumbia University Irving Medical Center · USDuke Medical Center · USInstitute of Cancer Research · GBMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USSickKids Foundation · CAThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USUniversité Paris-Sud · FRUniversity Hospital Heidelberg · DEUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Project 4: Multi-modality Metabolic Imaging for Monitoring Molecular Sub-types of GliomaP01CA118816 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Susan M Chang, Janine Marie Lupo · 2007 to 2026
$44.7M
Imaging Guided Genomics of Malignant TransformationR01CA169316 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI COSTELLO, JOSEPH F · 2013 to 2017
$3.0M
Cancer Research UK 11736Cancer Research UK 13982CIHRNCI NIH HHS P01 CA118816NCI NIH HHS R01 CA169316
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have extended our understanding of the molecular biology that underlies adult glioblastoma over many years. By contrast, high-grade gliomas in children and adolescents have remained a relatively under-investigated disease. The latest large-scale genomic and epigenomic profiling studies have yielded an unprecedented abundance of novel data and provided deeper insights into gliomagenesis across all age groups, which has highlighted key distinctions but also some commonalities. As we are on the verge of dissecting glioblastomas into meaningful biological subgroups, this Review summarizes the hallmark genetic alterations that are associated with distinct epigenetic features and patient characteristics in both paediatric and adult disease, and examines the complex interplay between the glioblastoma genome and epigenome.

Indexed as

EpigenomicsAge FactorsGlioblastomaHumansNeoplasms, Nerve Tissue

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PMID24457416
PMCPMC4003223
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