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ReviewCNS oncology2015

Medulloblastoma development: tumor biology informs treatment decisions.

Vidya Gopalakrishnan, Rong-Hua Tao, Tara Dobson, William Brugmann, Soumen Khatua

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Review in CNS oncology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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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

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. OLIG2 Is a Determinant for the Relapse of MYC-Amplified Medulloblastoma.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2022
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  8. Adult hemispheric cerebellar medulloblastoma.Surgical neurology international · 2018
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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

5 authors.

Vidya GopalakrishnanDepartment of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Rong-Hua Tao
Tara Dobson
William Brugmann
Soumen Khatua

Funding

Study of a Novel Deubiquitylase in MedulloblastomaR01NS079715 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI GOPALAKRISHNAN, VIDYA · 2012 to 2015
$1.4M
Development of Novel Mouse Models to Study REST Function in MedulloblastomaR03NS077021 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI GOPALAKRISHNAN, VIDYA · 2011 to 2012
$158k
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS079715NINDS NIH HHS R03 NS077021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medulloblastoma is the most common malignant pediatric brain tumor. Current treatments including surgery, craniospinal radiation and high-dose chemotherapy have led to improvement in survival. However, the risk for recurrence as well as significant long-term neurocognitive and endocrine sequelae associated with current treatment modalities underscore the urgent need for novel tumor-specific, normal brain-sparing therapies. It has also provided the impetus for research focused on providing a better understanding of medulloblastoma biology. The expectation is that such studies will lead to the identification of new therapeutic targets and eventually to an increase in personalized treatment approaches.

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AnimalsBrain NeoplasmsClinical Decision-MakingClinical Trials as TopicHumansMedulloblastomaimmunotherapy for pediatric brain tumorsmedulloblastomamolecular classificationmouse models and preclinical studiestargeted agents for clinical studiestumor epigenomicstumor genomics

Identifiers

PMID25768332
PMCPMC4408195

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