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ArticleAnnals of hematology2025

Navigating the peginterferon Alfa-2a shortage: practical guidance on transitioning patients to ropeginterferon alfa-2b.

Ruben Mesa, Abdulraheem Yacoub, Tsewang Tashi, Wanxing Chai-Ho, Chang Ho Yoon, John Mascarenhas

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Article in Annals of hematology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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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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.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Ruben MesaLevine Cancer Institute, 1021 Morehead Medical Drive, Suite 3100, Charlotte, NC, 28204, USA. rmesa@wakehealth.edu.
Abdulraheem YacoubThe University of Kansas Medical Center, 2060 W 39th Ave, Kansas City, KS, 66103, USA.
Tsewang TashiThe University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute, 2000 Cir of Hope Dr, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA.
Wanxing Chai-HoDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
Chang Ho YoonNuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Henry Wellcome Building for Molecular Physiology, Old Road, Oxford, OX37BN, UK.
John MascarenhasTisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID40178604
PMCPMC12052909

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