Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31871817›Full record

ArticleCase reports in urology2019

Classic Testicular Seminoma in Men Aged 50 Years or Over: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Rawad Abou Zahr, Khalil Chalhoub, Imad Matta, Sawsan Horani, Zarouhie Bedoyan, Georges El Hachem, Imad Ghantous, Michel Jabbour

Open access · goldAbstract readCase Reports
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Case reports in urology, 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 27% 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, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rawad Abou ZahrDepartment of Urology, University of Balamand, Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut 1100 2807, Lebanon.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4241-3738
Khalil ChalhoubDepartment of Urology, University of Balamand, Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut 1100 2807, Lebanon.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3529-1974
Imad MattaDepartment of Urology, University of Balamand, Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut 1100 2807, Lebanon.
Sawsan HoraniUniversity of Balamand, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Beirut 1100 2807, Lebanon.
Zarouhie BedoyanDepartment of Pathology, University of Balamand, Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut 1100 2807, Lebanon.
Georges El HachemDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, University of Balamand, Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut 1100 2807, Lebanon.
Imad GhantousDepartment of Urology, University of Balamand, Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut 1100 2807, Lebanon.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9513-3217
Michel JabbourDepartment of Urology, University of Balamand, Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut 1100 2807, Lebanon.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3771-0404
University of Balamand · LB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Testicular cancer is the most frequent solid tumor detected in young adult men. Germ cell tumors (GCTs), particularly seminomas, are the most common type of testicular neoplasms seen in that age population. Most publications have reported decreasing incidence of GCTs in patients above forty years of age. Since the biologic activity of seminomas appears similar across ages, recommended management of senior adults involves a multimodal therapy of radical inguinal orchiectomy with radiation or cytotoxic treatment as needed. Attenuating chemotherapy dosages are critical to ensure better tolerability of associated adverse events. Here we report a case series of 2 men older than fifty years of age with metastatic testicular seminoma. We aim to emphasize a rare clinical entity encountered in the senior adult population.

Identifiers

PMID31871817
PMCPMC6906820
OpenAlexW2989700392

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.