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ReviewCancers2023

Sonoelastography for Testicular Tumor Identification: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy.

Derek Ka-Hei Lai, Ethan Shiu-Wang Cheng, Ye-Jiao Mao, Yi Zheng, Ke-Yu Yao, Ming Ni, Ying-Qi Zhang, Duo Wai-Chi Wong, James Chung-Wai Cheung

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Review in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Derek Ka-Hei LaiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Ethan Shiu-Wang ChengDepartment of Electronic and Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0009-0003-7470-4940
Ye-Jiao MaoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Yi ZhengDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Ke-Yu YaoDepartment of Materials, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Ming NiDepartment of Orthopaedics, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
Ying-Qi ZhangDepartment of Orthopaedics, Tongji Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200065, China.
Duo Wai-Chi WongDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8805-1157
James Chung-Wai CheungDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7446-0569
Hong Kong Polytechnic University · HKImperial College London · GBShanghai Jiao Tong University · CNTongji University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of this review was to summarize the applications of sonoelastography in testicular tumor identification and inquire about their test performances. Two authors independently searched English journal articles and full conference papers from CINAHL, Embase, IEEE Xplore

Indexed as

Leydig cellmalignancyscrotumseminomaSertoli cellultrasound elastography

Identifiers

PMID37568585
PMCPMC10417060
OpenAlexW4385319069

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