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SynthesisExpert review of anticancer therapy2021

Stereotactic body radiotherapy vs radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: a meta-analysis.

Antonio Facciorusso, Andrea Chierici, Ivan Cincione, Rodolfo Sacco, Daryl Ramai, Babu P Mohan, Saurabh Chandan, Andrew Ofosu, Christian Cotsoglou

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Synthesis in Expert review of anticancer therapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Antonio FacciorussoDepartment of Medical Sciences, Gastroenterology Unit, Ospedali Riuniti di Foggia, Foggia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2107-2156
Andrea ChiericiGeneral Surgery Department, ASST-Vimercate, Vimercate, Italy.
Ivan CincioneDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
Rodolfo SaccoDepartment of Medical Sciences, Gastroenterology Unit, Ospedali Riuniti di Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
Daryl RamaiGastroenterology and Hepatology, Brooklyn Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Babu P MohanGastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Saurabh ChandanGastroenterology Unit, CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Andrew OfosuDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Christian CotsoglouGeneral Surgery Department, ASST-Vimercate, Vimercate, Italy.
Azienda Ospedaliera di Desio e Vimercate · ITOspedali Riuniti di Foggia · ITBrooklyn Hospital Center · USCHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy · USJohns Hopkins University · USUniversity of Foggia · ITUniversity of Utah · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularCatheter AblationLiver NeoplasmsRadiofrequency AblationRadiosurgeryHumansTreatment OutcomeHCCLiver cancerrecurrenceRFASBRTsurvival

Identifiers

PMID33590783
OpenAlexW3132545137

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Registered trials

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