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ArticleJournal of Cancer2016

Transketolase Serves a Poor Prognosticator in Esophageal Cancer by Promoting Cell Invasion via Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition.

Yin-Kai Chao, Ta-Lun Peng, Wen-Yu Chuang, Chi-Ju Yeh, Yan-Liang Li, Ya-Ching Lu, Ann-Joy Cheng

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Article in Journal of Cancer, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yin-Kai ChaoDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Linko, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
Ta-Lun PengDepartment of Medical Biotechnology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
Wen-Yu ChuangDepartment of Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Linko, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
Chi-Ju YehDepartment of Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Linko, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
Yan-Liang LiDepartment of Medical Biotechnology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
Ya-Ching LuDepartment of Medical Biotechnology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
Ann-Joy ChengDepartment of Medical Biotechnology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
Chang Gung University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

cell invasionepithelial-mesenchymal transition.esophageal cancerprognosistransketolase

Identifiers

PMID27698919
PMCPMC5039363
OpenAlexW2509160848

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