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ArticleInternational journal of medical sciences2021

Verification of the Efficacy of New Diagnostic Criteria for Retropharyngeal Nodes in a Cohort of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients.

Dom-Gene Tu, Hsuan-Yu Chen, Wei-Jen Yao, Yu-Sheng Hung, Yu-Kang Chang, Chih-Han Chang, Yu-Wen Wang

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Article in International journal of medical sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Dom-Gene TuDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan.
Hsuan-Yu ChenInstitute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Wei-Jen YaoDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan.
Yu-Sheng HungDivision of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Medical Imaging, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan.
Yu-Kang ChangDepartment of Medical Imaging Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan.
Chih-Han ChangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Yu-Wen WangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Magnetic Resonance ImagingAdultArea Under CurveFemaleHumansLymphatic MetastasisLymph NodesMaleNasopharyngeal CarcinomaNasopharyngeal NeoplasmsPharynxReproducibility of ResultsROC CurveSensitivity and Specificitydiagnosisnasopharyngeal carcinomaradiotherapyretropharyngeal nodes

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PMID34522172
PMCPMC8436115

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