Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25403951›Full record

ArticleJournal of cardiothoracic surgery2014

An exception that proves the rule: recurrence free survival five years after extrapleural pneumonectomy for malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Tom Treasure, Fergus Macbeth

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Article in Journal of cardiothoracic surgery, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Tom TreasureClinical Operational Research Unit, University College London, London, WC1H 0BT, UK. tom.treasure@gmail.com.
Fergus MacbethWales Cancer Trials Unit, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF14 7XL, UK. fergus.macbeth@btinternet.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Are case reports at all relevant and useful? A case report of an unusual case of mesothelioma prompts a discussion and concludes that they do have a role but that their observations and conclusions need to be treated with care.

Indexed as

HumansLung NeoplasmsMaleMesotheliomaMesothelioma, MalignantNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPleural Neoplasms

Identifiers

PMID25403951
PMCPMC4237761

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