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ReviewCancers2023

Implications of an Underlying Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome for Wilms Tumor Treatment Strategies.

Paola Quarello, Diana Carli, Davide Biasoni, Simona Gerocarni Nappo, Carlo Morosi, Roberta Cotti, Emanuela Garelli, Giulia Zucchetti, Manuela Spadea, Elisa Tirtei and 2 more

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Review in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 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

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Paola QuarelloPediatric Onco-Hematology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Division, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1940-7375
Diana CarliImmunogenetics and Transplant Biology Service, Città della Salute e della Scienza University Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5690-6504
Davide BiasoniPediatric Surgical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, 20133 Milan, Italy.
Simona Gerocarni NappoPediatric Urology Unit, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Carlo MorosiDepartment of Radiology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, 20133 Milan, Italy.
Roberta CottiPediatric Radiology, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Emanuela GarelliDepartment of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Turin, 10124 Turin, Italy.
Giulia ZucchettiPediatric Onco-Hematology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Division, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1437-3572
Manuela SpadeaPediatric Onco-Hematology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Division, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7728-904X
Elisa TirteiPediatric Onco-Hematology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Division, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4144-5957
Filippo SpreaficoPediatric Oncology Unit, Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, 20133 Milan, Italy.
Franca FagioliPediatric Onco-Hematology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Division, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9257-900X
University of Turin · ITFondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori · ITOspedale Regina Margherita · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS) is a pediatric overgrowth disorder involving a predisposition to embryonal tumors. Most of the tumors associated with BWS occur in the first 8-10 years of life, and the most common is Wilms tumor (WT). BWS clinical heterogeneity includes subtle overgrowth features or even silent phenotypes, and WT may be the presenting symptom of BWS. WT in BWS individuals exhibit distinct characteristics from those of sporadic WT, and the management of these patients needs a peculiar approach. The most important feature is a higher risk of developing bilateral disease at some time in the course of the illness (synchronous bilateral disease at diagnosis or metachronous recurrence after initial presentation with unilateral disease). Accordingly, neoadjuvant chemotherapy is the recommended approach also for BWS patients with unilateral WT to facilitate nephron-sparing surgical approaches. This review emphasizes the importance of early BWS recognition, particularly if a WT has already occurred, as this will result in an urgent consideration of first-line cancer therapy.

Indexed as

Beckwith–Wiedemann syndromenephron-sparing surgeryWilms tumor

Identifiers

PMID36831633
PMCPMC9954715
OpenAlexW4321373215

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