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ArticleHepatology communications2020

Novel Liquid Biopsy Test Based on a Sensitive Methylated

Yurika Kotoh, Yutaka Suehiro, Issei Saeki, Tomomi Hoshida, Masaki Maeda, Takuya Iwamoto, Toshihiko Matsumoto, Isao Hidaka, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Taro Takami and 8 more

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Article in Hepatology communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Circulating tumor DNA and its role in detection, prognosis and therapeutics of hepatocellular carcinoma.Chinese journal of cancer research = Chung-kuo yen cheng yen chiu · 2024
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  14. DNA methylation markers in the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma.European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) · 2023
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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

18 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yurika KotohDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine Ube Japan.
Yutaka SuehiroDepartment of Oncology and Laboratory Medicine Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine Ube Japan.
Issei SaekiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine Ube Japan.
Tomomi HoshidaDepartment of Oncology and Laboratory Medicine Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine Ube Japan.
Masaki MaedaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine Ube Japan.
Takuya IwamotoDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine Ube Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0701-0351
Toshihiko MatsumotoDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine Ube Japan.
Isao HidakaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine Ube Japan.
Tsuyoshi IshikawaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine Ube Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3722-3083
Taro TakamiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine Ube Japan.
Shingo HigakiDepartment of Gastroenterology Sentohiru Hospital Ube Japan.
Ikuei FujiiAjisu Kyoritsu Hospital Yamaguchi Japan.
Chieko SuzukiAjisu Kyoritsu Hospital Yamaguchi Japan.
Yoshitaro ShindoDepartment of Gastroenterological, Breast and Endocrine Surgery Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine Ube Japan.
Yukio TokumitsuDepartment of Gastroenterological, Breast and Endocrine Surgery Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine Ube Japan.
Hiroaki NaganoDepartment of Gastroenterological, Breast and Endocrine Surgery Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine Ube Japan.
Isao SakaidaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine Ube Japan.
Takahiro YamasakiDepartment of Oncology and Laboratory Medicine Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine Ube Japan.
Yamaguchi University · JPHiroshima Kyoritsu Hospital · JPSendai Shakai Hoken Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liquid biopsies are not used in practice for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Epi proColon is the first commercial blood-based test for colorectal cancer screening based on methylated DNA testing of the septin 9 gene (

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PMID32140662
PMCPMC7049671
OpenAlexW2997319650

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