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ArticleOncotarget2017

Lung cancer mutation testing: a clinical retesting study of agreement between a real-time PCR and a mass spectrometry test.

Phillip Shepherd, Karen L Sheath, Sandar Tin Tin, Prashannata Khwaounjoo, Phyu S Aye, Angie Li, George R Laking, Nicola J Kingston, Christopher A Lewis, J Mark Elwood and 2 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.

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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.

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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.

Phillip ShepherdAuckland Uniservices, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
Karen L SheathDiagnostic Genetics, LabPlus, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland 1148, New Zealand.
Sandar Tin TinSchool of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
Prashannata KhwaounjooPharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology and Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
Phyu S AyeSchool of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
Angie LiPharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology and Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
George R LakingBlood and Cancer Services, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland 1148, New Zealand.
Nicola J KingstonAnatomical Pathology, LabPlus, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland 1148, New Zealand.
Christopher A LewisRespiratory Medicine, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland 1148, New Zealand.
J Mark ElwoodSchool of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
Donald R LoveDiagnostic Genetics, LabPlus, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland 1148, New Zealand.
Mark J McKeagePharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology and Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To investigate the clinical validity and utility of tests for detecting Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (

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agreement analysisepidermal growth factor receptorlung cancermutation testingtargeted therapy

Identifiers

PMID29254176
PMCPMC5731886

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