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ReviewNature reviews. Disease primers2021

Wilms tumour.

Filippo Spreafico, Conrad V Fernandez, Jesper Brok, Kayo Nakata, Gordan Vujanic, James I Geller, Manfred Gessler, Mariana Maschietto, Sam Behjati, Angela Polanco and 3 more

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Review in Nature reviews. Disease primers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 134 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
134citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
10.1field-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

134 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 197 citations in OpenAlex.

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74 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

13 authors at 12 institutions in 9 countries.

Filippo SpreaficoDepartment of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Paediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. filippo.spreafico@istitutotumori.mi.it.ORCID 0000-0002-5587-3509
Conrad V FernandezDepartment of Paediatrics, IWK Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0746-8306
Jesper BrokDepartment of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kayo NakataCancer Control Center, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan.
Gordan VujanicDepartment of Pathology, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0003-0726-6939
James I GellerCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Manfred GesslerTheodor-Boveri-Institute, Developmental Biochemistry, and Comprehensive Cancer Center Mainfranken, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7915-6045
Mariana MaschiettoResearch Center, Boldrini Children's Hospital, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-2589-3186
Sam BehjatiWellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.
Angela PolancoNational Cancer Research Institute Children's Group Consumer Representative, London, UK.
Vivian PaintsilDepartment of Child Health, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-8965-0549
Sandra Luna-FinemanDivision of Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Department of Paediatrics, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0713-7651
Kathy Pritchard-JonesDevelopmental Biology and Cancer Research and Teaching Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2384-9475
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USComprehensive Cancer Center Mainfranken · DEDalhousie University · CAFondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori · ITKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology · GHNational Cancer Research Institute · GBOsaka International Cancer Institute · JPRigshospitalet · DKUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) · BRUniversity College London · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GBUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · US

Funding

Cancer Research UK 17297
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wilms tumour (WT) is a childhood embryonal tumour that is paradigmatic of the intersection between disrupted organogenesis and tumorigenesis. Many WT genes play a critical (non-redundant) role in early nephrogenesis. Improving patient outcomes requires advances in understanding and targeting of the multiple genes and cellular control pathways now identified as active in WT development. Decades of clinical and basic research have helped to gradually optimize clinical care. Curative therapy is achievable in 90% of affected children, even those with disseminated disease, yet survival disparities within and between countries exist and deserve commitment to change. Updated epidemiological studies have also provided novel insights into global incidence variations. Introduction of biology-driven approaches to risk stratification and new drug development has been slower in WT than in other childhood tumours. Current prognostic classification for children with WT is grounded in clinical and pathological findings and in dedicated protocols on molecular alterations. Treatment includes conventional cytotoxic chemotherapy and surgery, and radiation therapy in some cases. Advanced imaging to capture tumour composition, optimizing irradiation techniques to reduce target volumes, and evaluation of newer surgical procedures are key areas for future research.

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Kidney NeoplasmsWilms TumorChildHumansPrognosis

Identifiers

PMID34650095
OpenAlexW4200504565

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.