Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28900876›Full record

ReviewMolecular diagnosis & therapy2018

Improving Diagnostic and Therapeutic Outcomes in Pediatric Brain Tumors.

Sydney T Grob, Jean M Mulcahy Levy

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Review in Molecular diagnosis & therapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Advances in the Treatment of Pediatric Brain Tumors.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sydney T GrobDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5128-2026
Jean M Mulcahy LevyDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA. Jean.MulcahyLevy@ucdenver.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-3022-4246
Morgan Adams Foundation · US

Funding

The Interaction of Autophagy and BRAF Mutations in Brain TumorsK08CA193982 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI MULCAHY LEVY, JEAN MARIE · 2015 to 2019
$822k
NCI NIH HHS K08CA193982St. Baldrick's Foundation elopeSt. Baldrick's Foundation Inc. Scholar Award
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pediatric brain tumors are the primary cause of cancer-related death during childhood. Unfortunately, the number of primary and metastatic brain tumors is steadily increasing while the mortality rates for many central nervous system (CNS) lesions have remained stagnant. Molecularly defined tumor classes have been added to the most recent 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) Classification System of Central Nervous System Brain Tumors, driving potential new treatments and identifying targets to improve survival for these patients. Focusing on the genetic mutations most commonly seen in the pediatric CNS tumor population provides the ability to better define tumors based on shared molecular characteristics. Consequently, there is the potential for greater efficacy in targeted therapy to treat these identified genetic aberrations. Understanding the growing importance of molecular diagnosis in pediatric CNS tumors is vital to successfully using novel targeted therapies and improving patient outcomes.

Indexed as

Gene Regulatory NetworksBrain NeoplasmsChildGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansMutationOncogene Fusion

Identifiers

PMID28900876
OpenAlexW2755959356

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