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ArticleGastroenterology research and practice2018

Predictive and Prognostic Implications of Mutation Profiling and Microsatellite Instability Status in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma.

Jianhua Liu, Weiqiang Zeng, Chengzhi Huang, Junjiang Wang, Dongyang Yang, Dong Ma

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Article in Gastroenterology research and practice, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jianhua LiuDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Cancer Center, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Weiqiang ZengDepartment of Pharmacy, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Chengzhi HuangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Junjiang WangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Dongyang YangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Cancer Center, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
Dong MaDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Cancer Center, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4548-1517
Guangdong General Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To investigate whether mutation profiling and microsatellite instability (MSI) status were associated with clinicopathological features and the prognosis in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), mutations in

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PMCPMC5831938
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