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ReviewGenes & development2026

Pediatric sarcomas: challenges and opportunities.

Yuan Gao, Kelly M Bailey, Samuel C Blackman, John H Bushweller, Shasha Chong, Kevin DeHond, Jolanta Grembecka, Mark E Hatley, Cigall Kadoch, Angela N Koehler and 10 more

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Review in Genes & development, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

0 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

20 authors.

Yuan GaoDepartment of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44108, USA; lillian.guenther@stjude.org yxg811@case.edu.
Kelly M BaileyDepartment of Pediatrics, Mayo Clinic Children's, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3925-3243
Samuel C BlackmanGoogle Ventures, Mountain View, California 94043, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1076-8921
John H BushwellerDepartment of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5386-1758
Shasha ChongDivision of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5372-311X
Kevin DeHondFriends of T.J. Foundation, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA.
Jolanta GrembeckaDepartment of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6180-9095
Mark E HatleyDepartment of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7147-3946
Cigall KadochDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4058-5985
Angela N KoehlerDepartment of Biological Engineering, Koch Institute for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6980-5534
Corinne M LinardicDepartment of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3257-2885
Phil RennaChristina Renna Foundation, Inc., Lindenhurst, New York 11757, USA.
Frederic J ReuDeciphera Pharmaceuticals, LLC., a member of ONO Pharma, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1160-8030
Miguel N RiveraBroad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA.
Elizabeth A StewartDepartment of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA.
Bruce StillmanCold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9453-4091
E Alejandro Sweet-CorderoDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, USA.
Kimberly StegmaierDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0218-7895
Christopher R VakocCold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1158-7180
Lillian M GuentherDepartment of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA; lillian.guenther@stjude.org yxg811@case.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5906-7504

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pediatric sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of rare mesodermal malignancies. These cancers, which affect children from infancy through adolescence and young adulthood, are in general challenging to treat with currently available therapies. Biologically, many are characterized by quiet genomes, fusion oncoproteins, immune "cold" microenvironments, and vast epigenetic deregulation that contributes to diverse and complex mechanistic drivers. Multifaceted advancements in research strategies, including high-throughput screening, new model systems, surfaceome profiling, and study of oncogenic fusion condensates have led to new opportunities for understanding the biology of pediatric sarcomas. To continue to make progress for these difficult to treat cancers, it will be critical to continue to improve access to bioinformatic data, approach patient care using innovative clinical trial frameworks, and foster interdisciplinary partnerships among medicinal chemists, scientists, clinicians, advocates, and industry partners.

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SarcomaAnimalsChildHumansbone sarcomaspediatric sarcomassoft tissue sarcomas

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PMID42552078
PMCPMC13532659

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