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ReviewJournal of the advanced practitioner in oncology

AL Amyloidosis: Unfolding a Complex Disease.

Rebecca Lu, Tiffany A Richards

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Review in Journal of the advanced practitioner in oncology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
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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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Aggressive mediastinal amyloidosis mimicking malignancy: a case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2026
    Article
  2. Article
  3. The molecular landscape of AL amyloidosis.British journal of haematology · 2025
    Review
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. A Focus on Waldenström Macroglobulinemia and AL Amyloidosis.Journal of the advanced practitioner in oncology · 2022
    Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
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

2 authors.

Rebecca LuThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Tiffany A RichardsThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a rare plasma cell dyscrasia. An estimated 12,000 people live with the disease in the United States. AL amyloidosis occurs from the misfolding of proteins that deposit in organs (heart, kidneys, digestive tract, tongue, lungs, and nervous system), leading to progressive organ damage and impairment of quality of life. The treatment of AL amyloidosis has improved greatly over the past several years, with new treatments currently in development. This article will focus on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of AL amyloidosis.

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PMID33425465
PMCPMC7517759

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