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ReviewOpen access Macedonian journal of medical sciences2019

A Review of Pancreatic Cancer: Epidemiology, Genetics, Screening, and Management.

Samuel Idachaba, Oluwafemi Dada, Olalekan Abimbola, Olamide Olayinka, Akunnaya Uma, Esther Olunu, Adegbenro Omotuyi John Fakoya

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Review in Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. The Role of CDK4 in the Pathogenesis of Pancreatic Cancer.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  12. Frontiers in immunology · 2021
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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

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Samuel IdachabaAll Saints University, School of Medicine, Roseau, Dominica.
Oluwafemi DadaAll Saints University, School of Medicine, Roseau, Dominica.
Olalekan AbimbolaAll Saints University, School of Medicine, Roseau, Dominica.
Olamide OlayinkaAll Saints University, School of Medicine, Roseau, Dominica.
Akunnaya UmaAll Saints University, School of Medicine, Roseau, Dominica.
Esther OlunuAll Saints University, School of Medicine, Roseau, Dominica.
Adegbenro Omotuyi John FakoyaUniversity of Medicine and Health Sciences, Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, West Indies.
Ross University School of Medicine · BBDominica State College · DMNew World University · DMUniversity of Medicine and Health Sciences · KN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer ranks among the causes of cancer-related deaths. The average size of pancreatic cancer during diagnosis is about 31 mm and has not changed significantly over the past 30 years. Poor early diagnosis of a tumour has been attributed to the late-presenting symptoms. Over the years, improvement in the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer has been observed, and this can be linked to advancement in imaging techniques as well as the increasing knowledge of cancer history and genetics. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Endoscopic Ultrasound, and Computer Topography are the approved imaging modalities utilised in the diagnosing of pancreatic cancer. Over the years, the management of patients with pancreatic cancer has seen remarkable improvement as reliable techniques can now be harnessed and implemented in determining the resectability of cancer. However, only about 10% of pancreatic adenocarcinomas are resectable at the time of diagnosis and will highly benefit from a microscopic margin-negative surgical resection. Overall, the failure of early tumour identification will result in considerable morbidity and mortality.

Indexed as

Diagnostic RadiologyEpidemiologyGeneticsInterventional RadiologyPancreatic CancerPancreatic Management

Identifiers

PMID30894932
PMCPMC6420955
OpenAlexW2914339936

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