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ArticlePediatric blood & cancer2020

A collateral effect of the COVID-19 pandemic: Delayed diagnosis in pediatric solid tumors.

Stefano Chiaravalli, Andrea Ferrari, Giovanna Sironi, Giovanna Gattuso, Luca Bergamaschi, Nadia Puma, Elisabetta Schiavello, Veronica Biassoni, Marta Podda, Cristina Meazza and 5 more

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Article in Pediatric blood & cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Head and Neck Cancer During Covid-19 Pandemic: Was there a Diagnostic Delay?Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2022
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  16. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric appendicitis hospital admission time and length of hospital stay.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2022
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  18. COVID-19 in Children with Cancer.Current oncology reports · 2022
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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

15 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stefano ChiaravalliPediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Andrea FerrariPediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4724-0517
Giovanna SironiPediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Giovanna GattusoPediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Luca BergamaschiPediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2149-329X
Nadia PumaPediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Elisabetta SchiavelloPediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Veronica BiassoniPediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Marta PoddaPediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Cristina MeazzaPediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1875-9563
Filippo SpreaficoPediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5587-3509
Michela CasanovaPediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
Monica TerenzianiPediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7080-6718
Roberto LukschPediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7203-4176
Maura MassiminoPediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5506-2001
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Delayed DiagnosisPandemicsAdolescentBone NeoplasmsCentral Nervous System NeoplasmsChildChild, PreschoolCOVID-19HumansInfantItalyLymphomaNeoplasmsPediatricsSarcomaSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID32761998
PMCPMC7435564
OpenAlexW3047119433

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.