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ArticleJournal of contemporary brachytherapy2020

The effectiveness and prognostic factors of radioactive iodine-125 seed implantation for the treatment of cervical lymph node recurrence of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after external beam radiation therapy.

Yuwei Zhang, Zezhou Liu, Yansong Liang, Enli Chen, Hongtao Zhang, Zhen Gao, Juan Wang

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Article in Journal of contemporary brachytherapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yuwei ZhangGraduate School of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Zezhou LiuDepartment of Oncology, Hebei General Hospital, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Yansong LiangDepartment of Oncology, Hebei General Hospital, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Enli ChenGraduate School of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Hongtao ZhangDepartment of Oncology, Hebei General Hospital, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Zhen GaoDepartment of Oncology, Hebei General Hospital, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Juan WangDepartment of Oncology, Hebei General Hospital, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
Hebei General Hospital · CNHebei Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo analyze factors influencing the efficacy of MATERIAL AND

methodsWe conducted a retrospective review of 36 patients with in-field cervical metastatic lymph nodes recurrence of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (CML-ESCC) after external beam radiation therapy treatment, who underwent

resultsAmong 36 patients, 31 patients (86.1%) received fluorouracil-based chemotherapy (1-6 cycles) after

conclusions

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125I seed implantationcervical lymph nodeesophageal squamous cell cancer

Identifiers

PMID33437306
PMCPMC7787212
OpenAlexW3119232839

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