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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Advancing Colorectal Cancer Diagnostics from Barium Enema to AI-Assisted Colonoscopy.

Dumitru-Dragos Chitca, Valentin Popescu, Anca Dumitrescu, Cristian Botezatu, Bogdan Mastalier

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Review 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.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

5 authors.

Dumitru-Dragos ChitcaGeneral Surgery Clinic, Colentina Clinical Hospital, 020125 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0009-0007-9600-6229
Valentin PopescuGeneral Surgery Clinic, Colentina Clinical Hospital, 020125 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-1317-4937
Anca DumitrescuFamily Medicine, Vitan Polyclinic, 031087 Bucharest, Romania.
Cristian BotezatuGeneral Surgery Clinic, Colentina Clinical Hospital, 020125 Bucharest, Romania.
Bogdan MastalierGeneral Surgery Clinic, Colentina Clinical Hospital, 020125 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-3179-7350

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains a major global health burden, necessitating continuous advancements in diagnostic methodologies. Traditional screening techniques, including barium enema and fecal occult blood tests, have been progressively replaced by more precise modalities, such as colonoscopy, liquid biopsy, and artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted imaging.

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ai-assisted colonoscopycolorectal cancerdiagnostic toolsgenetic testliquid biopsysurvival

Identifiers

PMID40310348
PMCPMC12026282

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