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ArticleOncoTargets and therapy2019

The clinical efficacy of ultrasound-guided percutaneous microwave ablation for rib metastases with severe intractable pain: a preliminary clinical study.

Zhigang Cheng, Xin Li, Chao An, Xiaoling Yu, Jie Yu, Zhiyu Han, Fangyi Liu, Ping Liang

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Article in OncoTargets and therapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Use of percutaneous microwave ablation for the treatment of bone tumors: a retrospective study of clinical outcomes in 47 patients.Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2019
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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

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhigang ChengDepartment of Interventional Ultrasound, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, People's Republic of China.
Xin LiDepartment of Interventional Ultrasound, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, People's Republic of China.
Chao AnDepartment of Interventional Ultrasound, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, People's Republic of China.
Xiaoling YuDepartment of Interventional Ultrasound, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, People's Republic of China.
Jie YuDepartment of Interventional Ultrasound, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, People's Republic of China.
Zhiyu HanDepartment of Interventional Ultrasound, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, People's Republic of China.
Fangyi LiuDepartment of Interventional Ultrasound, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, People's Republic of China.
Ping LiangDepartment of Interventional Ultrasound, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, People's Republic of China.
Chinese PLA General Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

microwave ablationpalliative painrib metastasesultrasound-guided

Identifiers

PMID31123406
PMCPMC6511234
OpenAlexW2942735160

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