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ReviewAmerican Society of Clinical Oncology educational book. American Society of Clinical Oncology. Annual Meeting2024

Contemporary Approach to Neurofibromatosis Type 1-Associated Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors.

Angela C Hirbe, Carina A Dehner, Eva Dombi, Vanessa Eulo, Andrea M Gross, Taylor Sundby, Alexander J Lazar, Brigitte C Widemann

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Review in American Society of Clinical Oncology educational book. American Society of Clinical Oncology. Annual Meeting, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers 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

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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

25 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Rare solid tumours as indicators of hereditary cancer syndromes.European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2026
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  11. Ongoing Clinical Challenges in Nerve Surgery (Nerve SPACE 2025).Journal of hand surgery global online · 2026
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  14. Cancer predisposition syndromes: an imaging review.Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Angela C HirbeDivision of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Siteman Cancer Center, Barnes Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO.ORCID 0000-0003-1719-0771
Carina A DehnerDepartment of Anatomic Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN.
Eva DombiPediatric Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Vanessa EuloDivision of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL.
Andrea M GrossPediatric Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Taylor SundbyPediatric Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Alexander J LazarDepartments of Pathology & Genomic Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
Brigitte C WidemannPediatric Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

Funding

Therapies for patients with rare tumors and genetic tumor predispositionZIASC010354 · NCI · DIVISION OF CLINICAL SCIENCES - NCI · PI WIDEMANN, BRIGITTE · 2009 to 2025
$19.2M
Therapy for NF1-Related Tumors and other Genetic Tumor Predisposition SyndromesZIABC010801 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI WIDEMANN, BRIGITTE · 2009 to 2020
$13.8M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC010801NIH HHS LIG OD033803
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are clinically aggressive high-grade sarcomas, arising in individuals with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) at a significantly elevated estimated lifetime frequency of 8%-13%. In the setting of NF1, MPNSTs arise from malignant transformation of benign plexiform neurofibroma and borderline atypical neurofibromas. Composed of neoplastic cells from the Schwannian lineage, these cancers recur in approximately 50% of individuals, and most patients die within five years of diagnosis, despite surgical resection, radiation, and chemotherapy. Treatment for metastatic disease is limited to cytotoxic chemotherapy and investigational clinical trials. In this article, we review the pathophysiology of this aggressive cancer and current approaches to surveillance and treatment.

Indexed as

Nerve Sheath NeoplasmsNeurofibromatosis 1Humans

Identifiers

PMID38710002
PMCPMC11656191

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