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ReviewVirchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology2017

Characterization of gliomas: from morphology to molecules.

Sean P Ferris, Jeffrey W Hofmann, David A Solomon, Arie Perry

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Review in Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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65citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

65 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 128 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sean P FerrisDivision of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, University of California, 513 Parnassus Ave, Health Sciences West 451, Box 0102, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
Jeffrey W HofmannDivision of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, University of California, 513 Parnassus Ave, Health Sciences West 451, Box 0102, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
David A SolomonDivision of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, University of California, 513 Parnassus Ave, Health Sciences West 451, Box 0102, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
Arie PerryDivision of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, University of California, 513 Parnassus Ave, Health Sciences West 451, Box 0102, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA. arie.perry@ucsf.edu.
University of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article reviews the histologic and molecular characterization of gliomas, including the new "integrated diagnoses" of the World Health Organization Classification, 2016 edition. The entities reviewed within include diffuse gliomas (astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma, glioblastoma), as well as circumscribed and low-grade gliomas (angiocentric glioma, pilocytic astrocytoma, subependymal giant cell astrocytoma, pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, pilomyxoid astrocytoma, ependymoma, myxopapillary ependymoma, and subependymoma). Diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive biomarkers are discussed for each entity. We review how molecular testing for IDH1 and ATRX and detection of chromosome 1p/19q codeletion can be used to categorize glioblastomas as IDH-wildtype or IDH-mutant, and lower grade diffuse gliomas into three molecular groups that correlate better with patient outcomes than histologic subtyping. Pediatric diffuse gliomas are highlighted, including diffuse midline glioma, H3 K27M-mutant, and inherited germline mutations that predispose to pediatric gliomas. The utility of genomic profiling of certain gliomas is discussed, including identifying candidates for experimental therapies. This review is meant to be a concise summary of glioma characterization for the practicing pathologist.

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsGliomaHumansPathology, ClinicalPathology, MolecularATRXGliomasH3 K27M-mutantIDH1

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PMID28674742
OpenAlexW2733153170

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