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ArticleNeuro-oncology2021

Pediatric ependymomas: destined to recur?

Timothy A Ritzmann, John-Paul Kilday, Richard G Grundy

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Article in Neuro-oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. A brief history of ependymoma.Neuro-oncology · 2026
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Ependymoma from Benign to Highly Aggressive Diseases: A Review.Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery · 2024
    Review
  5. Article
  6. Ependymoma: Evaluation and Management Updates.Current oncology reports · 2022
    Review
  7. Article
  8. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Timothy A RitzmannThe Children's Brain Tumour Research Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
John-Paul KildayChildren's Brain Tumour Research Network (CBTRN), Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Richard G GrundyThe Children's Brain Tumour Research Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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Brain NeoplasmsEpendymomaAdolescentChildHumans

Identifiers

PMID33728470
PMCPMC8168807

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