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ArticleThorax2007

BTS statement on malignant mesothelioma in the UK, 2007.

British Thoracic Society Standards of Care Committee

Abstract readConsensus Statement
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Thorax, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
66citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

66 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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6 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

1 author.

British Thoracic Society Standards of Care CommitteeWexham Park Hospital, Slough, UK. john.wiggins@hwph-tr.nhs.uk

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

MesotheliomaOccupational DiseasesPeritoneal NeoplasmsPleural NeoplasmsAntineoplastic AgentsAsbestosBiomarkersClinical Trials, Phase II as TopicCommunicationDiagnosis, DifferentialDiagnostic ImagingDisability EvaluationDyspneaHealth Services AccessibilityHumansNurse CliniciansAntineoplastic AgentsAsbestosBiomarkers

Identifiers

PMID17965072
PMCPMC2094726

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.