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ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2018

Pediatric hepatocellular carcinoma.

Rajeev Khanna, Sanjeev Kumar Verma

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Review in World journal of gastroenterology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
73citing papers in PubMed
8.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

73 citing papers in PubMed, 148 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rajeev KhannaDepartment of Pediatric Hepatology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi 110070, India. drrajeev_khanna@rediffmail.com.
Sanjeev Kumar VermaDepartment of Pediatrics, King George Medical University, Uttar Pradesh 226003, India.
Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences · INKing George's Medical University · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pediatric hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second common malignant liver tumor in children after hepatoblastoma. It differs from the adult HCC in the etiological predisposition, biological behavior and lower frequency of cirrhosis. Perinatally acquired hepatitis-B virus, hepatorenal tyrosinemia, progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis, glycogen storage disease, Alagille's syndrome and congenital portosystemic shunts are important predisposing factors. Majority of children (87%) are older than 5 years of age. Following mass immunization against hepatitis-B, there has been a drastic fall in the incidence of new cases of pediatric HCC in the Asia-Pacific region. Management is targeted on complete surgical removal either by resection or liver transplantation. There is a trend towards improving survival of children transplanted for HCC beyond Milan criteria. Chemotherapeutic regimens do not offer good results but may be helpful for down-staging of advanced HCC. Surveillance of children with chronic liver diseases with ultrasound and alpha-fetoprotein may be helpful in timely detection, intervention and overall improvement in outcome of HCC.

Indexed as

HepatectomyLiver TransplantationAge Factorsalpha-FetoproteinsAntineoplastic AgentsCarcinoma, HepatocellularChildCombined Modality TherapyEarly Detection of CancerHumansLiverLiver NeoplasmsNeoplasm StagingPrevalencePrognosisRisk Factorsalpha-FetoproteinsAntineoplastic AgentsChildrenHepatocellular carcinomaLiver transplantationOutcomeRisk-factors

Identifiers

PMID30254403
PMCPMC6148423
OpenAlexW2890096661

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