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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2018

Advances and Challenges on Management of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors.

Lin Mei, Wei Du, Michael Idowu, Margaret von Mehren, Sosipatros A Boikos

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Evaluating boron neutron capture therapy as a potential treatment for unresectable gastrointestinal stromal tumors.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2025
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  18. ADAM-Mediated Signalling Pathways in Gastrointestinal Cancer Formation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lin MeiHematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Wei DuDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Michael IdowuDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Margaret von MehrenFox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Sosipatros A BoikosHematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Virginia Commonwealth University · USFox Chase Cancer Center · US

Funding

The Molecular Actions of Imatinib Mesylate in GISTsR01CA106588 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI GODWIN, ANDREW K., VON MEHREN, MARGARET · 2004 to 2013
$3.8M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA106588
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) originate from interstitial cells of Cajal and account for over 5,000 newly diagnosed cases in the United States. The discovery of activated

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Identifiers

PMID29868467
PMCPMC5949718
OpenAlexW2801189597

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