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ReviewAnnals of translational medicine2019

Systematic review on the utility of magnetic resonance imaging for operative management and follow-up for primary sarcoma-lessons from extremity sarcomas.

Zach Pennington, A Karim Ahmed, Ethan Cottrill, Erick M Westbroek, Matthew L Goodwin, Daniel M Sciubba

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Review in Annals of translational medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zach PenningtonDepartment of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
A Karim AhmedDepartment of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Ethan CottrillDepartment of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Erick M WestbroekDepartment of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Matthew L GoodwinDepartment of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Daniel M SciubbaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Johns Hopkins Medicine · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary sarcomas of the vertebral column affect roughly 5 in every million persons annually, of which half to one-third are malignant. Treatment of these lesions requires multimodal management, often employing attempts at

Indexed as

En bloc resectionmagnetic resonance imaging (MRI)musculoskeletal sarcomaosteosarcomaprimary vertebral column tumor

Identifiers

PMID31297390
PMCPMC6595196
OpenAlexW2914695905

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