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ReviewCurrent opinion in oncology2017

Put away your microscopes: the ependymoma molecular era has begun.

Stephen C Mack, Michael D Taylor

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Review in Current opinion in oncology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
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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

20 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. A brief history of ependymoma.Neuro-oncology · 2026
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  3. Pediatric-Like Brain Tumors in Adults.Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery · 2024
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  6. Somatic structural variation signatures in pediatric brain tumors.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023
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  8. Frontiers in oncology · 2023
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  17. Is H3K27me3 status really a strong prognostic indicator for pediatric posterior fossa ependymomas? A single surgeon, single center experience.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2020
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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

2 authors.

Stephen C MackaDepartment of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine bDepartment of Pediatric Hematolgy and Oncology, Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers, Houston, Texas, USA cDivision of Neurosurgery, Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Michael D Taylor

Funding

Mouse models to discover new drivers of medulloblastomaR01CA159859 · NCI · SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE · PI Michael D. Taylor, WILLIAM A WEISS · 2011 to 2026
$10.4M
Medulloblastoma and MetastasesR01CA148699 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI TAYLOR, MICHAEL D., WEISS, WILLIAM A · 2010 to 2014
$2.4M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA148699NCI NIH HHS R01 CA159859
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewTo synthesize, integrate, and comment on recent research developments to our understanding of the molecular basis of ependymoma (EPN), and to place this in context with current treatment and research efforts. RECENT

findingsOur recent understanding of the histologically defined molecular entity EPN has rapidly advanced through genomic, transcriptomic, and epigenomic profiling studies. SUMMARY: These advancements lay the groundwork for development of future EPN biomarkers, models, and therapeutics. Our review discusses these discoveries and their impact on our clinical understanding of this disease. Lastly, we offer insight into clinical and research areas requiring further validation, and open questions remaining in the field.

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AnimalsCentral Nervous System NeoplasmsEpendymomaHumans

Identifiers

PMID28885433
PMCPMC6003664

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