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Record W4413831172 · doi:10.1002/pbc.31968

Outcomes for Patients Aged 12–18 Months With Metastatic <i>MYCN</i> Non‐Amplified Neuroblastoma and Unfavorable Biologic Features (“Mixed Biology Toddlers”): A Report From the International Neuroblastoma Risk Group (INRG) Project

2025· article· en· W4413831172 on OpenAlexaff
Mallory Taylor, James R. Anderson, Julie R. Park, Meredith S. Irwin, Mark A. Applebaum, Navin Pinto, Keri A. Streby, Sara M. Federico, Carolina Rosswog, Miki Ohira, Pei‐Chi Kao, Wendy B. London, Thomas F. Cash

Bibliographic record

VenuePediatric Blood & Cancer · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicNeuroblastoma Research and Treatments
Canadian institutionsSickKids FoundationHospital for Sick ChildrenUniversity of Toronto
Fundersnot available
KeywordsNeuroblastomaMedicineOncologyProportional hazards modelHazard ratioInternal medicineConfidence intervalBiologyGenetics

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Toddlers (age 365-<547 days) with MYCN non-amplified (MYCN-NA) metastatic neuroblastoma (NBL) that have at least one unfavorable biologic feature ("mixed biology toddlers") are a rare NBL subgroup in need of further study. METHODS: Using the International Neuroblastoma Risk Group (INRG) Data Commons, we identified all toddlers with newly diagnosed metastatic, MYCN-NA NBL. Unfavorable biologic features included (1) unfavorable histology, (2) DNA index ≤1, (3) 1p loss of heterozygosity (LOH), and (4) 11q LOH. Kaplan-Meier curves of event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) were generated and compared using a log rank test; Cox proportional hazard regression models were used for multivariable analysis. RESULTS: Of the 450 patients identified, 157 had ≥1 unfavorable biologic feature and 26 had all favorable features. After adjusting for unfavorable biologic features, only high ferritin and high lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) remained significantly associated with worse EFS and OS. A total of 5-year EFS for mixed biology toddlers was 74.3% versus 88.5% for those with all favorable biologic features; 5-year OS was 79.3% versus 100%, respectively. CONCLUSION: Mixed biology toddlers have lower EFS and OS compared to those whose tumors have favorable biologic features. Inclusion in high-risk NBL trials should be considered for this rare subgroup.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.007
Threshold uncertainty score0.015

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.018
GPT teacher head0.304
Teacher spread0.285 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2025
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