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SynthesisFrontiers in endocrinology2020

Risk Factors for Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Jingxin Mao, Qinghai Zhang, Haiyan Zhang, Ke Zheng, Rui Wang, Guoze Wang

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 151 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
151citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
13.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

151 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 199 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Effect of Probiotics Therapy on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022
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  5. Risk and Prognostic Factors for BRAFBioMed research international · 2022
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91 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Jingxin MaoSchool of Public Health, The Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.
Qinghai ZhangSchool of Public Health, The Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.
Haiyan ZhangInstitute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science, Sanya, China.
Ke ZhengDepartment of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Rui WangDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Guilin Medical University, Guilin, China.
Guoze WangSchool of Public Health, The Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.
Guiyang Medical University · CNChongqing Medical University · CNGuilin Medical University · CNInstitute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

HumansLymphatic MetastasisPrognosisRisk FactorsThyroid Cancer, PapillaryThyroid Neoplasmslymph node metastasis (LNM)meta-analysispapillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC)prognostic factorrisk factor

Identifiers

PMID32477264
PMCPMC7242632
OpenAlexW3024796810

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Registered trials

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