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ArticleDisease markers

Comment on "Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Accuracy of miRNAs in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer".

Rama Jayaraj, Chellan Kumarasamy, Madurantakam Royam Madhav, Venkatesh Pandey, Shanthi Sabarimurugan, N Ramesh, K M Gothandam, Siddhartha Baxi

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Article in Disease markers. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Rama JayarajCollege of Health and Human Sciences, Charles Darwin University, Ellengowan Drive, Darwin, 0909 Northern Territory, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2179-0510
Chellan KumarasamyUniversity of Adelaide, North Terrace Campus, Adelaide, SA 5005 South Australia, Australia.
Madurantakam Royam MadhavSchool of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Venkatesh PandeySchool of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Shanthi SabarimuruganSchool of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
N RameshSchool of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
K M GothandamSchool of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Siddhartha BaxiSouth West Radiation Oncology Service, Senior Clinical Oncologist, Genesis Cancer Care Centre, Bunbury, 6230 Western Australia, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

MicroRNAsPancreatic NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorHumansBiomarkers, TumorMicroRNAs

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PMID30425753
PMCPMC6217755

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