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ArticleOncology letters2011

Medullary thyroid carcinoma: The third most common thyroid cancer reviewed.

Michael Stamatakos, Panoraia Paraskeva, Charikleia Stefanaki, Paraskevas Katsaronis, Andreas Lazaris, Konstantinos Safioleas, Konstantinos Kontzoglou

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Article in Oncology letters, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Michael StamatakosFourth Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Athens University, Attikon Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Panoraia Paraskeva
Charikleia Stefanaki
Paraskevas Katsaronis
Andreas Lazaris
Konstantinos Safioleas
Konstantinos Kontzoglou
Laiko General Hospital of Athens · GRUniversity General Hospital Attikon · GRNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medullary thyroid cancer is a type of thyroid cancer of neuroendocrine origin. It occurs in hereditary and sporadic forms, and its aggressive behavior is associated with the clinical presentation and type of RET mutation. Total thyroidectomy remains the ideal choice of treatment. Early diagnosis and treatment are the fundamental for a 100% cure rate. In this study, we present our experience of 3 cases, along with a complete review of the literature derived from a Pubmed Database search.

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PMID22870127
PMCPMC3412473
OpenAlexW2024998464

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