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ArticleCancer medicine2023

Reply to: A comparative study of diagnostic accuracy in 3026 pleural biopsies and matched pleural effusion cytology with clinical correlation: A methodological issue.

Ivan K Poon, Ronald C K Chan, Joseph S H Choi, Joanna K M Ng, Katsie T Tang, Yolanda Y H Wong, Ka Pang Chan, Wing Ho Yip, Gary M Tse, Joshua J X Li

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Article in Cancer medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Ivan K PoonDepartment of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Ronald C K ChanDepartment of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0001-9267-0076
Joseph S H ChoiDepartment of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Joanna K M NgDepartment of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Katsie T TangDepartment of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Yolanda Y H WongDepartment of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Ka Pang ChanDepartment of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Wing Ho YipDepartment of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Gary M TseDepartment of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Joshua J X LiDepartment of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0003-2425-0314

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Pleural EffusionPleural Effusion, MalignantBiopsyCytodiagnosisHumansPleura

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PMID36478178
PMCPMC9972094

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