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ArticleMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2020

Early Glottic Cancer Treated by Transoral Laser Surgery Using Toluidine Blue for the Definition of the Surgical Margins: A Pilot Study.

Eugenia Allegra, Maria Rita Bianco, Chiara Mignogna, Gaetano Davide Drago, Domenico Michele Modica, Lidia Puzzo

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Article in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 34% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The impact of histology and molecular biology in refining the prognostic value of surgical margins in head and neck oncology - A narrative review.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2025
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  2. The Use of Fluorescent Markers to Detect and Delineate Head and Neck Cancer: A Scoping Review.Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery · 2025
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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Eugenia AllegraOtolaryngology, Department of Health Science, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, Germaneto, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Maria Rita BiancoOtolaryngology, Department of Health Science, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, Germaneto, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Chiara MignognaAnatomic Pathology Unit, Pugliese-Ciaccio Hospital General Hospital, Interdipartimental Sevice Center, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5576-4946
Gaetano Davide DragoOtolaryngology, Department of Health Science, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, Germaneto, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4967-2062
Domenico Michele ModicaOtolaryngology, Department of Health Science, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, Germaneto, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2016-4101
Lidia PuzzoDepartment G.F. Ingrassia, Section of Anatomic Pathology, University of Catania, 95100 Catania, Italy.
Magna Graecia University · ITUniversity of Catania · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AdultAgedCase-Control StudiesColoring AgentsFemaleHumansLaser TherapyMaleMargins of ExcisionMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsPrognosisRetrospective StudiesTolonium ChlorideTongue NeoplasmsColoring AgentsTolonium Chloridecordectomyearly glottic cancerhead and neck cancerlaryngeal cancerresection marginstoluidine bluetransoral laser microsurgery

Identifiers

PMID32635245
PMCPMC7404472
OpenAlexW3040523079

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Registered trials

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