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ArticleLa Radiologia medica2018

Multiparametric MR imaging detects therapy efficacy of radioactive seeds brachytherapy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma xenografts.

Yu Liu, Yuanjun Wang, Weiqing Tang, Mengda Jiang, Kaicheng Li, Xiaofeng Tao

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Article in La Radiologia medica, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

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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

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

  1. Necroptosis in pancreatic cancer: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic implications.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yu LiuDepartment of Radiology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 639, ZhiZaoJu Road, Shanghai, 200011, China.
Yuanjun WangInstitute of Medical Imaging and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.
Weiqing TangDepartment of Radiology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 639, ZhiZaoJu Road, Shanghai, 200011, China.
Mengda JiangDepartment of Radiology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 639, ZhiZaoJu Road, Shanghai, 200011, China.
Kaicheng LiDepartment of Radiology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 639, ZhiZaoJu Road, Shanghai, 200011, China. kaichengli2012@126.com.
Xiaofeng TaoDepartment of Radiology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 639, ZhiZaoJu Road, Shanghai, 200011, China. xiaofengtao2012@126.com.
Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital · CNShanghai Jiao Tong University · CNUniversity of Shanghai for Science and Technology · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81401455
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo investigate the therapeutic efficacy of Iodine-125 ( MATERIALS AND

methodsTwenty mice were implanted subcutaneously with SW-1990 PDAC xenografts. The tumor-bearing mice were randomly divided into

results

conclusion

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BrachytherapyContrast MediaMagnetic Resonance ImagingPancreatic DuctsAdenocarcinomaAnimalsDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingHeterograftsHumansIodine RadioisotopesMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CPancreatic NeoplasmsRandom AllocationTreatment OutcomeContrast MediaIodine-125Iodine RadioisotopesBrachytherapyDiffusion and perfusion imagingIodine-125 seedsPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaXenografts

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PMID29508241
OpenAlexW2794398444

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