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ArticleBMJ case reports2019

Unknown primary Merkel cell carcinoma with cutaneous spread.

João Vasco Barreira, Margarida Moura Valejo Coelho, Catarina Ribeiro, Mónica Semedo

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 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

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

João Vasco Barreira *Medical Oncology, Hospital de Santo Antonio dos Capuchos, Lisboa, Portugal.
Margarida Moura Valejo Coelho *Dermatology and Venereology, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7917-1133
Catarina RibeiroUniversidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Mónica SemedoMedical Oncology, Hospital Distrital De Santarem Epe, Santarem, Santarém, Portugal.
Hospital Santo António dos Capuchos · PTInstituto Politécnico de Santarém · PTUnidade Local de Saúde de São José · PTUniversity of Coimbra · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The authors present the case of a woman in the seventh decade of life with medical history of: left nephrectomy for renal tuberculosis and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma treated with chemotherapy (QT) and radiotherapy. She presented with a 2-month history of non-tender, left inguinal lymph node enlargement. Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

Indexed as

AgedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsCarcinoma, Merkel CellCombined Modality TherapyDisease ProgressionFatal OutcomeFemaleHumansKneeNeoplasms, Unknown PrimaryPalliative CarePositron-Emission TomographyRadiotherapy, AdjuvantSkin Neoplasmsdermatologyoncologyskin cancer

Identifiers

PMID30796073
PMCPMC6388886
OpenAlexW2915666856

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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.