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ArticleVirchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology2016

In Japanese patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma, TERT promoter mutation is associated with poor prognosis, in contrast to BRAF

Almira Nasirden, Tsuyoshi Saito, Yuki Fukumura, Kieko Hara, Keisuke Akaike, Aiko Kurisaki-Arakawa, Miki Asahina, Atsushi Yamashita, Ran Tomomasa, Takuo Hayashi and 2 more

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Article in Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

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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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 59 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

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Almira NasirdenDepartment of Human Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Hongo 2-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
Tsuyoshi SaitoDepartment of Human Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Hongo 2-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan. tysaitou@juntendo.ac.jp.
Yuki FukumuraDepartment of Human Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Hongo 2-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
Kieko HaraDepartment of Human Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Hongo 2-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
Keisuke AkaikeDepartment of Human Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Hongo 2-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
Aiko Kurisaki-ArakawaDepartment of Human Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Hongo 2-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
Miki AsahinaDepartment of Human Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Hongo 2-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
Atsushi YamashitaDepartment of Human Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Hongo 2-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
Ran TomomasaDepartment of Human Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Hongo 2-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
Takuo HayashiDepartment of Human Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Hongo 2-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
Atsushi ArakawaDepartment of Human Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Hongo 2-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
Takashi YaoDepartment of Human Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Hongo 2-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.
Juntendo University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prognostic value of BRAF

Indexed as

Genetic Predisposition to DiseasePromoter Regions, GeneticAdultCarcinomaCarcinoma, PapillaryDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryMaleMiddle AgedMutationPrognosisProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafTelomeraseThyroid Cancer, PapillaryBRAF protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafTelomeraseTERT protein, humanBRAFPapillary carcinomaTelomere maintenanceTERTThyroid

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PMID27718012
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