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ArticleNature communications2018

A serum microRNA signature predicts trastuzumab benefit in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer patients.

Huiping Li, Jiang Liu, Jianing Chen, Huiyun Wang, Linbin Yang, Fei Chen, Siting Fan, Jing Wang, Bin Shao, Dong Yin and 8 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
70citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

70 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 106 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

18 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Huiping LiKey Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Breast Oncology, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, 52 Fucheng Road, Beijing, 100142, China.
Jiang LiuGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 107 Yanjiang West Road, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
Jianing ChenGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 107 Yanjiang West Road, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
Huiyun WangState Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Tumor Center, Sun Yat-sen University, 651 Dongfeng East Road, Guangzhou, 510060, China.
Linbin YangGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 107 Yanjiang West Road, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
Fei ChenGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 107 Yanjiang West Road, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
Siting FanGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 107 Yanjiang West Road, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
Jing WangKey Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Breast Oncology, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, 52 Fucheng Road, Beijing, 100142, China.
Bin ShaoKey Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Breast Oncology, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, 52 Fucheng Road, Beijing, 100142, China.
Dong YinGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 107 Yanjiang West Road, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
Musheng ZengState Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Tumor Center, Sun Yat-sen University, 651 Dongfeng East Road, Guangzhou, 510060, China.
Mengfeng LiZhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, 74 Zhongshan Road II,, 510080, Guangzhou, China.
Jun LiZhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, 74 Zhongshan Road II,, 510080, Guangzhou, China.
Fengxi SuGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 107 Yanjiang West Road, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
Qiang LiuGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 107 Yanjiang West Road, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
Herui YaoGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 107 Yanjiang West Road, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
Shicheng SuGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 107 Yanjiang West Road, Guangzhou, 510120, China. sushch@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Erwei SongGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 107 Yanjiang West Road, Guangzhou, 510120, China. songew@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Sun Yat-sen University · CNSun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital · CNSun Yat-sen University Cancer Center · CNPeking University Cancer Hospital · CNPeking University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trastuzumab is a standard treatment for HER2-positive (HER2

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsBiomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsCohort StudiesDrug MonitoringErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMicroRNAsNeoplasm MetastasisProspective StudiesTrastuzumabAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkers, TumorErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesMicroRNAsTrastuzumab

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PMID29691399
PMCPMC5915573
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