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ReviewInternational journal of endocrinology2014

Update on anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: morphological, molecular, and genetic features of the most aggressive thyroid cancer.

Moira Ragazzi, Alessia Ciarrocchi, Valentina Sancisi, Greta Gandolfi, Alessandra Bisagni, Simonetta Piana

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In one paragraph

Review in International journal of endocrinology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
98citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

98 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 185 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. 2021 American Thyroid Association Guidelines for Management of Patients with Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer.Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association · 2021
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  16. A Rare Concurrence of Anaplastic and Papillary Thyroid Carcinomas: A Case Report and Literature Review.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2025
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  18. Spindle lesions in the thyroid: a cytological and histological review.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2025
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38 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Moira RagazziPathology Unit, IRCCS-Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Viale Risorgimento 80, 42123 Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Alessia CiarrocchiLaboratory of Translational Research, Research and Statistic Infrastructure, Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova-IRCCS, 42123 Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Valentina SancisiLaboratory of Translational Research, Research and Statistic Infrastructure, Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova-IRCCS, 42123 Reggio Emilia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4357-1228
Greta GandolfiLaboratory of Translational Research, Research and Statistic Infrastructure, Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova-IRCCS, 42123 Reggio Emilia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7498-424X
Alessandra BisagniPathology Unit, IRCCS-Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Viale Risorgimento 80, 42123 Reggio Emilia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8484-7871
Simonetta PianaPathology Unit, IRCCS-Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Viale Risorgimento 80, 42123 Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Azienda Ospedaliera S.Maria · ITOspedale Santa Maria · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is the most aggressive form of thyroid cancer. It shows a wide spectrum of morphological presentations and the diagnosis could be challenging due to its high degree of dedifferentiation. Molecular and genetic features of ATC are widely heterogeneous as well and many efforts have been made to find a common profile in order to clarify its cancerogenetic process. A comprehensive review of the current literature is here performed, focusing on histopathological and genetic features.

Identifiers

PMID25214840
PMCPMC4158294
OpenAlexW2046441495

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