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ArticleCureus2021

Neuroblastoma: A Case of Massive Hepatomegaly.

Qamar Ali, Muhammad Ibraiz Bilal, Fawwad A Ansari, Muhammad Umer Riaz Gondal, Adnan Arif

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

Qamar AliPaediatrics, Shifa International Hospital Islamabad, Islamabad, PAK.
Muhammad Ibraiz BilalInternal Medicine, Shifa International Hospital Islamabad, Islamabad, PAK.
Fawwad A AnsariInternal Medicine, Shifa International Hospital Islamabad, Islamabad, PAK.
Muhammad Umer Riaz GondalInternal Medicine, Shifa International Hospital Islamabad, Islamabad, PAK.
Adnan ArifDiagnostic Radiology, Shifa International Hospital Islamabad, Islamabad, PAK.
Shifa International Hospital · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuroblastoma is the most common embryonal tumor of childhood and has a variable presentation. Stage 4S neuroblastoma, described as a localized primary tumor in an infant with metastasis to skin, liver, or bone marrow, is an exception to the poor prognosis seen in widespread metastasis of neuroblastoma. Survival in infants with this stage of the disease is over 90%. Stage 4S with massive liver involvement, however, confers a poor prognosis. We need more research on the optimum treatment modality for patients with Stage 4S disease and massive hepatomegaly to improve patient outcomes.

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chemotherapyhepatomegalymanagementneuroblastomaprognosis

Identifiers

PMID34513362
PMCPMC8412194
OpenAlexW3183406751

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