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ReviewInfectious agents and cancer2019

Association between Epstein-Barr virus and Thymic epithelial tumors: a systematic review.

Guofei Zhang, Zipu Yu, Gang Shen, Ying Chai, Chengxiao Liang

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Review in Infectious agents and cancer, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Common and rare carcinomas of the thymus.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Guofei Zhang1Department of Thoracic Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, # 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou, 310009 China.
Zipu Yu1Department of Thoracic Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, # 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou, 310009 China.
Gang Shen1Department of Thoracic Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, # 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou, 310009 China.
Ying Chai1Department of Thoracic Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, # 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou, 310009 China.
Chengxiao Liang2Department of Surgery, Zhejiang Hospital, # 12 Lingyin Road, Hangzhou, 310013 China.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University · CNZhejiang Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The possible role of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in the pathogenesis of thymic epithelial tumors (TET) remains controversial. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of EBV in TET. We conducted a systematic review of relevant English-language studies published between January 1980 and December 2013. Effect size was calculated as event rates (95% confidence interval [CI]) by homogeneity testing using Cochran's Q and I

Indexed as

Epstein-Barr virusMyasthenia gravisSystematic reviewThymic carcinomasThymic epithelial tumor

Identifiers

PMID31709004
PMCPMC6836426
OpenAlexW2989089092

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