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ArticleOncoTargets and therapy2016

Association of telomerase reverse transcriptase promoter mutations with clinicopathological features and prognosis of thyroid cancer: a meta-analysis.

Xingyun Su, Xiaoxia Jiang, Weibin Wang, Haiyong Wang, Xin Xu, Aihui Lin, Xiaodong Teng, Huiling Wu, Lisong Teng

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Article in OncoTargets and therapy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xingyun SuDepartment of Surgical Oncology.
Xiaoxia JiangDepartment of Surgical Oncology.
Weibin WangDepartment of Surgical Oncology.
Haiyong WangDepartment of Surgical Oncology.
Xin XuDepartment of Medical Oncology.
Aihui LinDepartment of Surgical Oncology.
Xiaodong TengDepartment of Pathology.
Huiling WuDepartment of Plastic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
Lisong TengDepartment of Surgical Oncology.
Zhejiang University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The clinicopathological and prognostic significance of telomerase reverse transcriptase (

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BRAFV600E mutationclinicopathological featuresprognosisTERT promoter mutationsthyroid cancer

Identifiers

PMID27956840
PMCPMC5113912
OpenAlexW2556135484

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