Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21412254›Full record

ReviewNature reviews. Cancer2011

Testicular germ cell tumours: predisposition genes and the male germ cell niche.

Duncan Gilbert, Elizabeth Rapley, Janet Shipley

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Review in Nature reviews. Cancer, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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44citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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

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  5. Epigenetic Regulation of Driver Genes in Testicular Tumorigenesis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  8. Performance characteristics ofCanadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2022
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  16. Testicular germ cell tumor genomics.Current opinion in urology · 2017
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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

3 authors.

Duncan GilbertSussex Cancer Centre, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Eastern Road, Brighton BN2 5BE, East Sussex, UK.
Elizabeth Rapley
Janet Shipley

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Testicular germ cell tumours (TGCTs) of adults and adolescents are putatively derived from primordial germ cells or gonocytes. Recently reported genome-wide association studies implicate six gene loci that predispose to TGCT development. Remarkably, the functions of proteins encoded by genes within these regions bridge our understanding between the pathways involved in primordial germ cell physiology, male germ cell development and the molecular pathology of TGCTs. Furthermore, this improved understanding of the mechanisms underlying TGCT development and dissemination has clinical relevance for the management of patients with these tumours.

Indexed as

Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseAdolescentAdultHumansMaleNeoplasms, Germ Cell and EmbryonalStem Cell NicheTesticular Neoplasms

Identifiers

PMID21412254

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