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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2019

Current and Future Treatment Strategies for Rhabdomyosarcoma.

Celine Chen, Heathcliff Dorado Garcia, Monika Scheer, Anton G Henssen

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 102 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
102citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
14.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

102 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 173 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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Celine ChenDepartment of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Heathcliff Dorado GarciaDepartment of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Monika ScheerPediatrics 5, Klinikum Stuttgart, Olgahospital, Stuttgart, Germany.
Anton G HenssenDepartment of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEOlgahospital · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft tissue sarcoma in children, and can be subcategorized histologically and/or based on PAX-FOXO1 fusion gene status. Over the last four decades, there have been no significant improvements in clinical outcomes for advanced and metastatic RMS patients, underscoring a need for new treatment options for these groups. Despite significant advancements in our understanding of the genomic landscape and underlying biological mechanisms governing RMS that have informed the identification of novel therapeutic targets, development of these therapies in clinical trials has lagged far behind. In this review, we summarize the current frontline multi-modality therapy for RMS according to pediatric protocols, highlight emerging targeted therapies and immunotherapies identified by preclinical studies, and discuss early clinical trial data and the implications they hold for future clinical development.

Indexed as

childhood cancerpediatric oncologyrhabdomyosacomasoft tissue sarcomatargeted therapy

Identifiers

PMID31921698
PMCPMC6933601
OpenAlexW2994952016

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