Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40002581›Full record

ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Real-Life Pre-Operative Nodal Staging Accuracy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Its Relationship with Survival.

Ahmed Alkarn, Liam J Stapleton, Dimitra Eleftheriou, Laura Stewart, George W Chalmers, Ahmad Hamed, Khaled Hussein, Kevin G Blyth, Joris C van der Horst, John D Maclay

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. 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.

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

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

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Article
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

10 authors.

Ahmed AlkarnGlasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow G4 0SF, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5947-1040
Liam J StapletonGlasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow G4 0SF, UK.
Dimitra EleftheriouDepartment of Statistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G4 0SF, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4377-6426
Laura StewartDepartment of Statistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G4 0SF, UK.
George W ChalmersGlasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow G4 0SF, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9746-6453
Ahmad HamedFaculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut 71515, Egypt.
Khaled HusseinFaculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut 71515, Egypt.
Kevin G BlythInstitute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G4 0SF, UK.
Joris C van der HorstGlasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow G4 0SF, UK.
John D MaclayGlasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow G4 0SF, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2531-7712

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)mediastinal stagingnon-small cell lung cancersurvivalthoracic surgery

Identifiers

PMID40002581
PMCPMC11854717

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.