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ArticleCase reports in oncology

Successful Treatment of Advanced Thymic Carcinoma with Carboplatin plus

Tomoyuki Araya, Toshiyuki Kita, Hiroki Matsuoka, Tamami Sakai, Hideharu Kimura, Kazuo Kasahara

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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 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tomoyuki ArayaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kanazawa Medical Center, Kanazawa, Japan.
Toshiyuki KitaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kanazawa Medical Center, Kanazawa, Japan.
Hiroki MatsuokaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kanazawa Medical Center, Kanazawa, Japan.
Tamami SakaiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kanazawa Medical Center, Kanazawa, Japan.
Hideharu KimuraDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan.
Kazuo KasaharaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan.
Kanazawa Medical Center · JPKanazawa University Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A standard chemotherapy regimen for advanced thymic carcinoma has not yet been established. We treated 2 cases of thymic carcinoma with carboplatin plus nanoparticle albumin-bound (

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CarboplatinMaintenancenab−paclitaxelThymic carcinoma

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PMID33564291
PMCPMC7841741
OpenAlexW3111361057

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