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ArticleThyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association2020

Effects of Microwave Ablation on Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: A Five-Year Follow-Up Report.

Deng-Ke Teng, Wen-Hui Li, Jia-Rui Du, Hui Wang, Dong-Yan Yang, Xiao-Li Wu

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Article in Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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44citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Deng-Ke TengDepartment of Ultrasound, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Wen-Hui LiDepartment of Ultrasound, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Jia-Rui DuDepartment of Ultrasound, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Hui WangDepartment of Ultrasound, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Dong-Yan YangDepartment of Ultrasound, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Xiao-Li WuDepartment of Ultrasound, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Union Hospital · CNJilin University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Ablation TechniquesAdultBiopsy, NeedleCarcinoma, PapillaryDisease ProgressionFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansLymphatic MetastasisMaleMicrowavesMiddle AgedNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk Factorsfollow-up studiesmicrowave ablationthyroid cancertreatment outcomeultrasonography

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PMID32458748
OpenAlexW3028782218

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