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ArticleCase reports in oncology

Primary Melanoma of the Lung Treated with Surgery, Dabrafenib and Trametinib.

Layla G Landgraf, Mark A Malias, Stephen J Patterson

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Article in Case reports in oncology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 56% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Layla G LandgrafDepartment of Clinical Research, Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital, Vero Beach, Florida, USA.
Mark A MaliasHeart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital, Vero Beach, Florida, USA.
Stephen J PattersonDepartment of Oncology, Scully Welsh Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital, Vero Beach, Florida, USA.
Cleveland Clinic · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This is a case report on a 69-year-old woman who was diagnosed with malignant melanoma presenting in the lung. A complete staging workup was performed by her oncologist, with no skin lesion identified as a primary. CT-guided needle biopsy of the lung nodule was completed, with pathology revealing atypical cells consistent with malignant melanoma. Following full body examination by the cutaneous oncologist, a robotic wedge resection and lymph node dissection accompanied by bronchoscopy were performed. Molecular testing (Caris Life Sciences) of the surgical tumor specimen revealed pathological

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BRAF mutation V600KPrimary lung melanomaPulmonary melanoma

Identifiers

PMID32774277
PMCPMC7383193
OpenAlexW3041810011

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