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ArticleCancers2018

A Multicenter Study to Assess

Laure Sorber, Karen Zwaenepoel, Koen De Winne, Kaat Van Casteren, Elien Augustus, Julie Jacobs, Xiang Hua Zhang, Daniëlla Galdermans, Els De Droogh, Anneke Lefebure and 12 more

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Article in Cancers, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 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

22 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Laure SorberCenter for Oncological Research Antwerp (CORE), University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium. Laure.Sorber@uantwerpen.be.ORCID 0000-0002-7172-700X
Karen ZwaenepoelCenter for Oncological Research Antwerp (CORE), University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium. Karen.Zwaenepoel@uza.be.
Koen De WinneLaboratory of Pathological Anatomy, Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), 2650 Edegem, Belgium. Koen.DeWinne@uza.be.
Kaat Van CasterenCenter for Oncological Research Antwerp (CORE), University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium. Kaat.VanCasteren@kuleuven.be.
Elien AugustusCenter for Oncological Research Antwerp (CORE), University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium. Elien.Augustus@uantwerpen.be.
Julie JacobsCenter for Oncological Research Antwerp (CORE), University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium. Julie.Jacobs@uantwerpen.be.ORCID 0000-0003-2873-3364
Xiang Hua ZhangDepartment of Pulmonology & Thoracic Oncology, Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), 2650 Edegem, Belgium. XiangHua.Zhang@uza.be.
Daniëlla GaldermansPneumology, ZNA Middelheim, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium. Danny.Galdermans@zna.be.
Els De DrooghPneumology, ZNA Middelheim, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium. Els.DeDroogh@zna.be.
Anneke LefebureThoracic Oncology Group Antwerp (TOGA), University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium. Anneke.Lefebure@zna.be.
Ann-Marie MorelThoracic Oncology Group Antwerp (TOGA), University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium. dr.morel@sjk.be.
Erika SaenenThoracic Oncology Group Antwerp (TOGA), University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium. Esaenen@hfr.be.
Frédérique BustinPneumology/Allergology, CHR de la Citadelle, 4000 Liège, Belgium. Frederique.Bustin@chrcitadelle.be.
Ingel DemedtsDepartment of Pulmonary diseases, AZ Delta, 8800 Roeselare, Belgium. Ingel.Demedts@azdelta.be.
Ulrike HimpeDepartment of Pulmonary diseases, AZ Delta, 8800 Roeselare, Belgium. Ulrike.Himpe@azdelta.be.
Thierry PietersPneumology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, 1200 Bruxelles, Belgium. Thierry.Pieters@uclouvain.be.
Paul GermonpréThoracic Oncology Group Antwerp (TOGA), University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium. Paul.Germonpre@azmmsj.be.
Sofie DerijckePneumology-Thoracic Oncology, AZ Groeninge, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium. Sofie.Derijcke@azgroeninge.be.
Koen DeschepperThoracic Oncology Group Antwerp (TOGA), University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium. Koen.Deschepper@aznikolaas.be.ORCID 0000-0002-1176-0510
Jan P Van MeerbeeckCenter for Oncological Research Antwerp (CORE), University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium. Jan.VanMeerbeeck@uza.be.
Christian RolfoCenter for Oncological Research Antwerp (CORE), University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium. Christian.Rolfo@umm.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5109-0267
Patrick PauwelsCenter for Oncological Research Antwerp (CORE), University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium. Patrick.Pauwels@uza.be.
University of Antwerp · BEAntwerp University Hospital · BEAZ Delta · BEAZ Groeninge · BECentre hospitalier régional de la Citadelle · BECliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A multicenter study was performed to determine an optimal workflow for liquid biopsy in a clinical setting. In total, 549 plasma samples from 234 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients were collected. Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (

Indexed as

ctDNAddPCREGFRliquid biopsynon-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Identifiers

PMID30150518
PMCPMC6162772
OpenAlexW2889545147

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