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ReviewThyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association2021

Indications and Strategy for Active Surveillance of Adult Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: Consensus Statements from the Japan Association of Endocrine Surgery Task Force on Management for Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma.

Iwao Sugitani, Yasuhiro Ito, Dai Takeuchi, Hirotaka Nakayama, Chie Masaki, Hisakazu Shindo, Masanori Teshima, Kazuhiko Horiguchi, Yusaku Yoshida, Toshiharu Kanai and 4 more

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Review in Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 234 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
234citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
28.7field-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

234 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 366 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Outcomes and effectiveness of active surveillance for low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025
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174 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

14 authors at 11 institutions in 1 country.

Iwao SugitaniDepartment of Endocrine Surgery, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yasuhiro ItoDepartment of Surgery, Kuma Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
Dai TakeuchiDepartment of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
Hirotaka NakayamaDepartment of Surgery, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.
Chie MasakiDepartment of Surgery, Ito Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Hisakazu ShindoDepartment of Surgery, Yamashita Thyroid Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Masanori TeshimaDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
Kazuhiko HoriguchiDivision of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Gunma University, Maebashi, Japan.
Yusaku YoshidaDepartment of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Toshiharu KanaiDivision of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
Mitsuyoshi HirokawaDepartment of Pathology, Kuma Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
Kiyomi Y HamesDepartment of Surgery, Ito Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Isao TabeiDepartment of Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Akira MiyauchiDepartment of Surgery, Kuma Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
Kuma Hospital · JPIto Hospital · JPGunma University · JPJikei University School of Medicine · JPKobe University · JPNagoya University · JPNippon Medical School · JPShinshu University · JPTokyo Women's Medical University · JPYamashita Thyroid HospitalYokohama City University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, PapillaryClinical Decision-MakingHumansJapanNeoplasm StagingRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsThyroid NeoplasmsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeWatchful Waitingactive surveillanceindicationsJapan Association of Endocrine Surgerypapillary thyroid microcarcinomastrategytask force consensus statements

Identifiers

PMID33023426
PMCPMC7891203
OpenAlexW3092387317

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