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ReviewGenes2023

Update on Molecular Diagnostics in Thyroid Pathology: A Review.

Bayan Alzumaili, Peter M Sadow

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Genes, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
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  4. The Molecular Heterogeneity of NRAS Variants in Thyroid Nodules.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  12. The actual and future role of molecular tests in thyroid pathology.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2026
    Review
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  20. Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bayan AlzumailiDepartments of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Peter M SadowDepartments of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1036-6367
Harvard University · US

Funding

Strategies to Overcome Immune Resistance in Head and Neck CancersP01CA240239 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI PAI, SARA ISABEL · 2019 to 2023
$8.4M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thyroid nodules are quite common, and the determination of a nodule of concern is complex, involving serum testing, radiology and, in some cases, pathological evaluation. For those nodules that raise clinical concern of neoplasia, fine needle aspiration biopsy is the gold standard for evaluation; however, in up to 30% of cases, results are indeterminate for malignancy, and further testing is needed. Advances in molecular testing have shown it to be of benefit for both diagnostic and prognostic purposes, and its use has become an integral part of thyroid cancer management in the United States and in several global nations. After The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) consortium published its molecular landscape of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and reduced the "black matter" in PTC from 25% to 3.5%, further work ensued to clarify the remaining fraction not neatly attributed to the

Indexed as

Thyroid NeoplasmsThyroid NoduleHumansPathology, MolecularThyroid Cancer, PapillaryUnited StatesBRAFmolecular diagnosticsRASthyroidthyroid cancerthyroid carcinoma

Identifiers

PMID37510219
PMCPMC10379610
OpenAlexW4381799983

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