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ArticleOncotarget2017

Association of fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 gene amplification with poor survival in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Dong Wang, Licheng Du, Zhou Wang, Xiangyan Liu, Yejun Qin, Qiangxiu Wang, Zhe Yang, Zhigang Yao, Mo Shi, Bin Shang and 6 more

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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

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

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  8. Prognostic and clinicopathological significance ofAnnals of translational medicine · 2019
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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

16 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dong WangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Licheng DuDepartment of General Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Zhou WangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Xiangyan LiuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Yejun QinDepartment of Pathology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Qiangxiu WangDepartment of Pathology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Zhe YangDepartment of Oncology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Zhigang YaoDepartment of Pathology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Mo ShiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Bin ShangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Yang JiaDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Huaxia ChenDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Liang QiaoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Xueqing WangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Zhaohua XiaoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Zhenchuan LiuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Shandong Provincial Hospital · CNShandong University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo investigate whether

methodsFive hundred fifty-six ESCC patients undergoing curative resection of ESCC were retrospectively studied.

results

conclusion

Indexed as

esophageal neoplasmsfibroblast growth factorreceptorsurvival analysistype 1

Identifiers

PMID29179482
PMCPMC5687652
OpenAlexW2763791019

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