Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38676718›Full record

ReviewChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2024

How modern treatments have modified the role of surgery in pediatric low-grade glioma.

Scott Boop, Nir Shimony, Frederick Boop

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Review in Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pediatric low-grade brainstem glioma: a review of current diagnosis and treatment paradigms in the molecular era.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025
    Pooled it
  3. Macrophages as gatekeepers of glioma progression.Molecular therapy. Oncology · 2026
    Article
  4. Intraoperative MRI in pediatric brain tumor surgery: an 18-year single-center experience.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026
    Observational
  5. Article
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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Scott BoopDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Nir ShimonyDepartment of Surgery, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Frederick BoopDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA. frederickboop@gmail.com.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Low-grade gliomas are the most common brain tumor of childhood, and complete resection offers a high likelihood of cure. However, in many instances, tumors may not be surgically accessible without substantial morbidity, particularly in regard to gliomas arising from the optic or hypothalamic regions, as well as the brainstem. When gross total resection is not feasible, alternative treatment strategies must be considered. While conventional chemotherapy and radiation therapy have long been the backbone of adjuvant therapy for low-grade glioma, emerging techniques and technologies are rapidly changing the landscape of care for patients with this disease. This article seeks to review the current and emerging modalities of treatment for pediatric low-grade glioma.

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsGliomaChildCombined Modality TherapyHumansNeurosurgical ProceduresGliomaGross total resectionImmunotherapyLow-gradePediatricRadiation therapyTargeted therapyUltrasound

Identifiers

PMID38676718
PMCPMC11511694
OpenAlexW4395691606

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