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SynthesisEndocrine2021

The dilemma of

Lorenzo Scappaticcio, Arnoldo Piccardo, Giorgio Treglia, David N Poller, Pierpaolo Trimboli

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Synthesis in Endocrine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
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  3. Role of [Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2024
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  5. Article
  6. Preoperative stratification of cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules by [European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2023
    Article
  7. Article
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  9. Radiomics Analysis of [Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
    Review
  10. Review
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.

Lorenzo Scappaticcio *Unit of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, University of Campania 'L. Vanvitelli'', Naples, Italy. lorenzo.scappaticcio@unicampania.it.
Arnoldo Piccardo *Department of Nuclear Medicine, Galliera Hospital, Genoa, Italy.
Giorgio TregliaDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
David N PollerDepartments of Cytology & Pathology, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK.
Pierpaolo TrimboliClinic for Endocrinology and Diabetology, Lugano Regional Hospital, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano, Switzerland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose

methodsOriginal studies reporting

resultsFifteen studies were finally included. Nine studies were from Asian/Eastern and six from Western countries. FNA data according to BETHESDA was available in 2304 cases. The pooled prevalence of

conclusionTwo-thirds of focal

Indexed as

Thyroid NeoplasmsThyroid NoduleBiopsy, Fine-NeedleFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyRetrospective StudiesFluorodeoxyglucose F1818F-FDGBethesdaFNAPET/CT incidentalomaThyroid cancer

Identifiers

PMID33761104
PMCPMC8325664

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