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ReviewCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2025

Precision Medicine for Pediatric Glioma and NF1-Associated Tumors: The Role of Small Molecule Inhibitors.

Samuele Renzi, Julie Bennett, Nirav Thacker, Chantel Cacciotti

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Review in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Samuele RenziDivision of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec City, QC G1V 0E8, Canada.
Julie BennettDivision of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1E8, Canada.
Nirav ThackerDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Ottawa, ON K1H 8M8, Canada.
Chantel CacciottiDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, London Health Sciences Centre & Western University, London, ON N6A 5W9, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4968-8956

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pediatric gliomas encompass the most common brain tumor in children and are subdivided into pediatric low-grade gliomas (pLGGs) and pediatric high-grade gliomas (pHGGs). The era of molecular diagnosis has shifted the treatment paradigms and management of these patients. RAS/MAPK pathway alterations serve as the driver in the majority of pLGGs, a subset of pHGG and NF1-related plexiform neurofibromas (PNs). The role of small molecule inhibitors in the treatment of these tumors has evolved in the past decade, facilitated through multiple clinical trials and moving into earlier stages of treatment. Although these developments hold promise, questions remain regarding targeted therapy, the long-term toxicities, the duration of treatment and the potential effects on the natural history of the tumor behavior.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsBrain NeoplasmsGliomaNeurofibromatosis 1Precision MedicineChildHumansNeurofibromin 1Antineoplastic AgentsNeurofibromin 1BRAF inhibitorFGFR inhibitorgliomaMEK inhibitormTOR inhibitionNF-1Pan-RAF inhibitorplexiform neurofibromaTRK inhibitortuberous sclerosis

Identifiers

PMID40422539
PMCPMC12109687

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