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ReviewChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2020

Bevacizumab for optic pathway glioma with worsening visual field in absence of imaging progression: 2 case reports and literature review.

Fumiyuki Yamasaki, Motoki Takano, Ushio Yonezawa, Akira Taguchi, Manish Kolakshyapati, Hideaki Okumichi, Yoshiaki Kiuchi, Kaoru Kurisu

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Review in Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. A systematic review of ongoing clinical trials in optic pathway gliomas.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

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Fumiyuki YamasakiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan. fyama@hiroshima-u.ac.jp.
Motoki TakanoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
Ushio YonezawaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
Akira TaguchiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
Manish KolakshyapatiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
Hideaki OkumichiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
Yoshiaki KiuchiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
Kaoru KurisuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
Hiroshima University · JPBaidya and Banskota Hospital · NP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Children with optic pathway gliomas (OPGs) frequently suffer from problems of visual function resulting from tumors. Previous reports showed that bevacizumab improved visual function in patients with OPG via tumor response to treatment. In these two case reports, we show that bevacizumab improved visual field without tumor response as seen in imaging. Both, a 10-year-old girl and a 6-year-old boy, had previous history of treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy. They had visual deterioration without tumor progression on MR imaging. Bevacizumab effectively and immediately improved visual field in both patients without imaging response of OPG. We emphasize that bevacizumab should be considered for patients with OPGs having visual deterioration without tumor progression.

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Neurofibromatosis 1Optic Nerve GliomaBevacizumabChildFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleRetrospective StudiesVision, OcularVisual FieldsBevacizumabBevacizumabOptic pathway gliomaVisual field

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PMID31701281
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