Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28270681›Full record

ArticleThe American journal of gastroenterology2017

Editorial: Not All Nodules Are Created Equal: A Personalized Approach to Indeterminate (<2 cm) Nodules Identified on HCC Surveillance.

Binu V John, Korosh Khalili

Abstract readComment
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in The American journal of gastroenterology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Binu V JohnDivision of Medicine, McGuire VA medical center and Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia USA.
Korosh KhaliliDepartment of Radiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Indeterminate small (<2 cm) nodules are often discovered in cirrhotics who undergo contrast enhanced imaging for further characterization of lesions detected on ultrasound surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). These are either arterially enhancing (without venous washout or capsule) or are non-enhancing (with washout). Differentials include small HCCs (14-23%), atypical arterio-portal shunts, regenerative, and dysplastic nodules. A risk score that combines imaging features (arterial enhancement and nodule size) with clinical (age, prior h/o HCC) and laboratory features (albumin, AFP, hepatitis B 'e' antigen) appear to be superior to radiological features alone in the risk stratification of these nodules.

Indexed as

Liver CirrhosisLiver NeoplasmsCarcinoma, HepatocellularContrast MediaHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingUltrasonographyContrast Media

Identifiers

PMID28270681

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.