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ArticleMolecular and clinical oncology2018

Masahiko Yano, Hiroshi Miyata, Keijiro Sugimura, Masaaki Motoori, Takeshi Omori, Yoshiyuki Fujiwara, Norikatsu Miyoshi, Masayoshi Yasui, Masayuki Ohue, Hirofumi Akita and 4 more

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Article in Molecular and clinical oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact, top 99% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The prognostic value of pretreatment [European radiology · 2025
    Pooled it
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

14 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Masahiko YanoDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka 537-8511, Japan.
Hiroshi MiyataDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka 537-8511, Japan.
Keijiro SugimuraDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka 537-8511, Japan.
Masaaki MotooriDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka 537-8511, Japan.
Takeshi OmoriDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka 537-8511, Japan.
Yoshiyuki FujiwaraDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka 537-8511, Japan.
Norikatsu MiyoshiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka 537-8511, Japan.
Masayoshi YasuiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka 537-8511, Japan.
Masayuki OhueDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka 537-8511, Japan.
Hirofumi AkitaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka 537-8511, Japan.
Akira TomokuniDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka 537-8511, Japan.
Hidenori TakahashiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka 537-8511, Japan.
Shogo KobayashiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka 537-8511, Japan.
Masato SakonDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka 537-8511, Japan.
Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is a promising treatment strategy for advanced esophageal cancer. However, measures of NAC response assessment and prognostic prediction have not yet been established. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of combined

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esophageal neoplasmsneoadjuvant chemotherapypositron emission tomography/computed tomography

Identifiers

PMID29456850
PMCPMC5795578
OpenAlexW2784330048

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