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ReviewJournal of gastrointestinal oncology2019

Diagnostic and management strategies for lateral pelvic lymph nodes in low rectal cancer-a review of the evidence.

Dedrick Kok Hong Chan, Ker-Kan Tan, Takashi Akiyoshi

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Review in Journal of gastrointestinal oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Dedrick Kok Hong ChanDivision of Colorectal Surgery, University Surgical Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore.
Ker-Kan TanDivision of Colorectal Surgery, University Surgical Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore.
Takashi AkiyoshiGastroenterological Centre, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.
National University of Singapore · SGJapanese Foundation For Cancer Research · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with low rectal cancer who have enlarged lateral pelvic lymph nodes are known to have a worse prognosis. There is however uncertainty over what constitutes a lateral pelvic lymph node of clinical significance. As the main modality for the detection of such lymph nodes is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), characteristics of these lateral lymph nodes identified may have prognostic value and assist with guiding treatment. Options to manage such lateral lymph nodes includes neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy as well as lateral lymph node dissection. Surgery is extensive and may lead to significant morbidity to the patient. This review article evaluates diagnostic and management strategies in patients with lateral pelvic lymph nodes in low rectal cancer.

Indexed as

Lateral pelvic lymph nodelateral pelvic lymph node dissectionlow rectal cancerneoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

Identifiers

PMID31949940
PMCPMC6955001
OpenAlexW2912591800

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Registered trials

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