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ReviewCancers2021

Why Do Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Fare Better Than Adults?

Alexandra Neaga, Laura Jimbu, Oana Mesaros, Madalina Bota, Diana Lazar, Simona Cainap, Cristina Blag, Mihnea Zdrenghea

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Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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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

28 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

8 authors.

Alexandra NeagaDepartment of Hematology, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-2237-4164
Laura JimbuDepartment of Hematology, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Oana MesarosDepartment of Hematology, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Madalina BotaDepartment of Mother and Child, Iuliu Haţieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400177 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Diana LazarDepartment of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Emergency Hospital for Children, 400177 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Simona CainapDepartment of Mother and Child, Iuliu Haţieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400177 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Cristina BlagDepartment of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Emergency Hospital for Children, 400177 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-4111-1295
Mihnea ZdrengheaDepartment of Hematology, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-9461-987X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is a new and exciting time for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). While nearly 50 years ago, only one in nine children with ALL survived with chemotherapy, nowadays nearly 90% of children have a chance of long-term survival. Adults with ALL, as well as the special category of adolescents and young adult (AYA) patients, are catching up with the new developments seen in children, but still their prognosis is much worse. A plethora of factors are regarded as responsible for the differences in treatment response, such as age, ethnicity, disease biology, treatment regimens and toxicities, drug tolerance and resistance, minimal residual disease evaluation, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation timing and socio-economic factors. Taking these factors into account, bringing pediatric-like protocols to adult patient management and incorporating new agents into frontline treatment could be the key to improve the survival rates in adults and AYA.

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acute lymphoblastic leukemiaadolescents and young adultsdifferences in treatment responsenovel therapiespediatric-like protocolsprognosissurvival rates

Identifiers

PMID34359787
PMCPMC8345615

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