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ArticleEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2016

Why the European Association of Nuclear Medicine has declined to endorse the 2015 American Thyroid Association management guidelines for adult patients with thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer.

Frederik A Verburg, Cumali Aktolun, Arturo Chiti, Savvas Frangos, Luca Giovanella, Martha Hoffmann, Ioannis Iakovou, Jasna Mihailovic, Bernd J Krause, Werner Langsteger and 2 more

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Article in European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Frederik A VerburgDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, RWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
Cumali AktolunNuclear Medicine, Tirocenter, Adnan Saygun caddesi, Nispetiye, Besiktas, Istanbul, 34345, Turkey.
Arturo ChitiDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
Savvas FrangosNuclear Medicine Department, Bank of Cyprus Oncology Center, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Luca GiovanellaDepartment of Nuclear Medicine & Thyroid Centre, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Martha HoffmannNuclear Medicine, Radiology Center, Vienna, Austria.
Ioannis IakovouDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Jasna MihailovicDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Oncology Institute of Vojvodina, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia.
Bernd J KrauseDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Rostock University Hospital, Rostock, Germany.
Werner LangstegerDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, PET-CT Center Linz, Linz, Austria.
Markus LusterDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Marburg, Baldingerstraße 35043, Marburg, Germany. markus.luster@med.uni-marburg.de.
EANM and the EANM Thyroid Committee

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Practice Guidelines as TopicSocieties, MedicalThyroid NoduleAdultAmericasEuropeEvidence-Based MedicineExpert TestimonyHumansNuclear MedicineAmerican Thyroid AssociationManagement guidelinesThyroid cancer

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