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ArticleFrontiers in surgery2021

Nodal Upstaging Evaluation After Robotic-Assisted Lobectomy for Early-Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Compared to Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery and Thoracotomy: A Retrospective Single Center Analysis.

Filippo Tommaso Gallina, Enrico Melis, Daniele Forcella, Edoardo Mercadante, Daniele Marinelli, Serena Ceddia, Federico Cappuzzo, Sabrina Vari, Fabiana Letizia Cecere, Mauro Caterino and 6 more

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Article in Frontiers in surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

16 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Filippo Tommaso GallinaThoracic Surgery Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
Enrico MelisThoracic Surgery Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
Daniele ForcellaThoracic Surgery Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
Edoardo MercadanteThoracic Surgery Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
Daniele MarinelliMedical Oncology 2, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
Serena CeddiaMedical Oncology 2, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
Federico CappuzzoMedical Oncology 2, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
Sabrina VariMedical Oncology 1, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
Fabiana Letizia CecereMedical Oncology 1, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
Mauro CaterinoRadiology Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
Antonello VidiriRadiology Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
Paolo ViscaDepartment of Pathology, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
Simonetta BuglioniDepartment of Pathology, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
Isabella SperdutiDepartment of Biostatistics, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
Mirella MarinoDepartment of Pathology, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
Francesco FaccioloThoracic Surgery Unit, IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

mediastinal lymphadenectomyNSCLCrobotic thoracic surgery (RATS)thoracic oncologyVATS

Identifiers

PMID34277693
PMCPMC8280310
OpenAlexW3180469498

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