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ArticleBMJ open2021

Risk factors for malignant transformation of hepatocellular adenoma to hepatocellular carcinoma: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.

Tharusan Thevathasan, Teresa Colbatzky, Moritz Schmelzle, Johann Pratschke, Felix Krenzien

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Article in BMJ open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Malignant transformation of hepatocellular adenoma.JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Tharusan ThevathasanDepartment of Cardiology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Teresa ColbatzkyDepartment of Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Moritz SchmelzleDepartment of Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Johann PratschkeDepartment of Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Felix KrenzienDepartment of Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany felix.krenzien@charite.de.ORCID 0000-0003-0593-9917

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionHepatocellular adenomas (HCAs) are solid liver tumours that are usually found incidentally during routine medical check-ups. Multiple modifiable and non-modifiable factors constitute a risk for the malignant transformation of HCAs to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which has emerged to be one of the fastest growing causes of cancer-related mortality globally. This study protocol for a planned systematic review and meta-analysis documents the methodological approach to identify risk factors and their risk estimates for the transformation from HCA to HCC. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Two independent reviewers will systematically search and extract data from studies in patients of all ages published between January 1970 and June 2021 on PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Scopus Web of Science, Ovid, The Cochrane Hepatobiliary Group Controlled Trials Register and The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials by using an ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: No ethical approval is required as we will use and analyse data from previously published studies in which informed consent was obtained. The results will be disseminated in a peer-reviewed journal on completion. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42020206578.

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Adenoma, Liver CellCarcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsHumansMeta-Analysis as TopicResearch DesignRisk FactorsSystematic Reviews as Topichepatobiliary diseasehepatobiliary surgeryhepatobiliary tumourshepatologyrisk management

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PMID34376442
PMCPMC8354264

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