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ReviewMinerva chirurgica2010

Multi-targeted approach in the treatment of thyroid cancer.

B Zarebczan, H Chen

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Review in Minerva chirurgica, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing 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

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

13 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Mechanistic insights into ferroptosis in thyroid cancer and its therapeutic implications.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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  11. Advances in surgical therapy for thyroid cancer.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2011
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  12. Signaling mechanisms in neuroendocrine tumors as targets for therapy.Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America · 2010
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

B ZarebczanEndocrine Surgery Research Laboratories, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, WI, USA.
H Chen

Funding

UW Surgical Oncology Research Training Program (UW-SORT)T32CA090217 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Muhammed Murtaza, Heather B Neuman · 2001 to 2026
$8.3M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA090217
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thyroid cancer is the most common malignancy of the endocrine system. There are several variants, ranging from well-differentiated cancers, such as papillary carcinomas, to poorly differentiated types, which carry a worse prognosis. Many patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancers are cured by surgical intervention alone, while others require adjuvant therapy. For those patients with more aggressive tumors, such as metastatic and anaplastic thyroid cancers, surgery rarely offers a definitive cure and alternative treatment methods such as chemotherapy do not improve survival. Due to the difficulty in treating aggressive thyroid cancers, other novel therapies are needed. In this paper, we will review current strategies for managing the various types of thyroid carcinomas. We will also address many of the studied genetic pathways and new therapeutic drug targets for treating individual thyroid malignancies.

Indexed as

Combined Modality TherapyHumansThyroid Neoplasms

Identifiers

PMID20212418
PMCPMC2901507

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