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ArticleThyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association2021

Predicting Outcomes in Sporadic and Hereditary Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma over Two Decades.

Anupam Kotwal, Dana Erickson, Jennifer R Geske, Ian D Hay, M Regina Castro

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Article 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 48 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
48citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.7field-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

48 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Long-Term Follow-Up in Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Patients.Recent results in cancer research. Fortschritte der Krebsforschung. Progres dans les recherches sur le cancer · 2025
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  20. What Is New in Diagnostics and Management of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma.Recent results in cancer research. Fortschritte der Krebsforschung. Progres dans les recherches sur le cancer · 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anupam KotwalDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Dana EricksonDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Jennifer R GeskeDepartment of Health Science Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Ian D HayDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
M Regina CastroDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Mayo Clinic · USMayo Clinic in Florida · US

Funding

Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCaTS UL1 Supplement - Dr. Timothy Curry)UL1TR002377 · NCATS · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI VESNA D GAROVIC · 2017 to 2026
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NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002377
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

ThyroidectomyAdultAgedCarcinoma, MedullaryDatabases, FactualDisease ProgressionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMultiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2aNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalProgression-Free SurvivalRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk Factorscancer recurrencemetastasismortalitysurvivalthyroid cancerthyroidectomy

Identifiers

PMID33108969
PMCPMC11577493
OpenAlexW3095323835

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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