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GuidelineThe Lancet. Oncology2013

Management of sarcoma in the Asia-Pacific region: resource-stratified guidelines.

Jeremy Lewin, Ajay Puri, Richard Quek, Roger Ngan, Ana Patricia Alcasabas, David Wood, David Thomas

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Guideline in The Lancet. Oncology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Systematic review of 99 extremity bone malignancy survival prediction models.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2025
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  15. Toward the Cure of All Children With Cancer Through Collaborative Efforts: Pediatric Oncology As a Global Challenge.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Jeremy LewinPeter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Ajay Puri
Richard Quek
Roger Ngan
Ana Patricia Alcasabas
David Wood
David Thomas
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre · AUNational Cancer Centre Singapore · SGPhilippine General Hospital · PHQueen Elizabeth Hospital · CNTata Memorial Hospital · INUniversity of Western Australia · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sarcomas are a rare and diverse set of cancers that disproportionately affect young people. The best possible outcome depends on access to highly specialised, multidisciplinary care. Although advances have been made in therapeutic techniques, access to some treatments might be limited by cost implications. This Review proposes an evidence-based, consensus recommendation for optimum management of bone and soft-tissue sarcoma across the Asia-Pacific region, taking into account variation in health-care resources, stratified according to the Breast Health Global Initiative resource levels. A web-based survey of 89 clinicians involved in the care of patients with sarcoma from 18 Asia-Pacific countries generated the recommendations for diagnosis, staging, and management, including supportive and palliative care, and research.

Indexed as

AsiaDelivery of Health CareHealthcare DisparitiesHealth ResourcesHealth Services AccessibilityHumansMedical OncologyPredictive Value of TestsSarcomaTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID24176574
OpenAlexW2095657951

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.