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ArticleHead & neck2024

Neoadjuvant therapy to improve resectability of advanced thyroid cancer: A real-world experience.

Marika Russell, Matti L Gild, Lori J Wirth, Bruce Robinson, Amanda Silver Karcioglu, Ayaka Iwata, Tejas S Athni, Amr H Abdelhamid Ahmed, Gregory W Randolph

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Article in Head & neck, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
14citing 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

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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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Marika RussellDivision of Thyroid and Parathyroid Endocrine Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5436-3649
Matti L GildDepartment of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Lori J WirthDepartment of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Bruce RobinsonDepartment of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Amanda Silver KarciogluDivision of Thyroid and Parathyroid Endocrine Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Ayaka IwataDivision of Thyroid and Parathyroid Endocrine Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Tejas S AthniHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Amr H Abdelhamid AhmedDivision of Thyroid and Parathyroid Endocrine Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5611-5833
Gregory W RandolphDivision of Thyroid and Parathyroid Endocrine Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary · USHarvard University · USThe University of Sydney · AU

Funding

Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM144273 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI David Shumway Jones, Jacqueline A. Lees · 2022 to 2026
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NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM144273
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundExperience with targeted neoadjuvant treatment for locoregionally advanced thyroid cancer is nascent.

methodsMulticenter retrospective case series examining targeted neoadjuvant treatment for locoregionally advanced thyroid cancer. The primary outcome was change in surgical morbidity as measured by two metrics developed for use in clinical trials to characterize surgical complexity and morbidity. Secondary outcomes included percentage of patients proceeding to surgery and percentage receiving an R0/R1 resection.

resultsSeventeen patients with varied molecular alterations, pathologies, and treatment regimens were included. Mean surgical complexity scores decreased between time points for baseline and postneoadjuvant treatment, postneoadjuvant treatment and surgery, and between baseline and surgery. Eleven patients (64.7%) underwent surgical resection, with 10 (58.8%) receiving an R0/R1 resection.

conclusionsNeoadjuvant treatment of advanced thyroid cancer improves resectability and decreases the morbidity of required surgical procedures. However, treatment is not uniformly effective.

Indexed as

Neoadjuvant TherapyThyroidectomyThyroid NeoplasmsAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingRetrospective StudiesTreatment Outcomeadvanced thyroid cancermorbidityneoadjuvantsurgery

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PMID38488238
PMCPMC12922590
OpenAlexW4392882955

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