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ReviewHematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program2018

Treatments targeting MDS genetics: a fool's errand?

Amy E DeZern

Open access · bronzeAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Lower risk but high risk.Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program · 2021
    Review
  5. Prognostic Markers of Myelodysplastic Syndromes.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2020
    Review
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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amy E DeZernDivision of Hematologic Malignancies, John Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The myelodysplastic syndromes are collectively the most common myeloid neoplasms. Clonal hematopoiesis present in these diseases results in bone marrow failure characteristically seen in patients. The heterogeneity of myelodysplastic syndrome pathobiology has historically posed a challenge to the development of newer therapies. Recent advances in molecular characterization of myelodysplastic syndromes are improving diagnostic accuracy, providing insights into pathogenesis, and refining therapeutic options for patients. With the advent of these developments, appropriately chosen therapeutics or even targeted agents may be able to improve patient outcomes in the future.

Indexed as

Myelodysplastic SyndromesHematopoiesisHumans

Identifiers

PMID30504322
PMCPMC6246001
OpenAlexW2909654364

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.