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ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2019

Cancer risk in primary sclerosing cholangitis: Epidemiology, prevention, and surveillance strategies.

Brian M Fung, Keith D Lindor, James H Tabibian

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Review in World journal of gastroenterology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
48citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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

48 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 114 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Graft and Patient Survival After Liver Transplantation for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: A French National Cohort Study.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2026
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Brian M FungUCLA-Olive View Internal Medicine Residency Program, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, CA 91342, United States.
Keith D LindorOffice of the University Provost, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ 85004, United States.
James H TabibianDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, CA 91342, United States. jtabibian@dhs.lacounty.gov.
Arizona State University · USOlive View-UCLA Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a rare cholestatic liver disease characterized by progressive fibroinflammatory destruction of the intra- and/or extrahepatic biliary ducts. While its features and disease course can be variable, most patients with PSC have concurrent inflammatory bowel disease and will eventually develop liver cirrhosis and end-stage liver disease, with liver transplantation representing the only potentially curative option. Importantly, PSC is associated with a significantly increased risk of malignancy compared to the general population, mainly cholangiocarcinoma, gallbladder carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, and colorectal cancer, with nearly 50% of deaths in patients with PSC being due to cancer. Therefore, robust surveillance strategies are needed, though uncertainty remains regarding how to best do so. In this review, we discuss the epidemiology, prevention, and surveillance of cancers in patients with PSC. Where evidence is limited, we present pragmatic approaches based on currently available data and expert opinion.

Indexed as

Biliary Tract NeoplasmsCarcinomaCarcinoma, HepatocellularCholangiocarcinomaCholangitis, SclerosingColorectal NeoplasmsEarly Detection of CancerHumansInflammatory Bowel DiseasesLiver NeoplasmsPopulation SurveillanceRisk FactorsBile duct diseasesChemoprotectionCholangiocarcinomaColorectal cancerGallbladder carcinomaHepatocellular carcinomaInflammatory bowel disease

Identifiers

PMID30783370
PMCPMC6378537
OpenAlexW2911673440

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