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| Title |
Observational studies: goldmines of information on rare diseases
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medicine, May 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12916-017-0868-7 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Robert S. Benjamin |
| Abstract |
The article by Savina et al. from the large METASARC database of the French Sarcoma Group (BMC Med 15:78, 2017) provides a wealth of information about the natural history and therapy of patients with metastatic soft tissue sarcomas. The information complements - and in some cases surpasses - that obtained from randomized clinical trials, and should not be overlooked because of its retrospective nature. For rare diseases, retrospective data are often more important than data from randomized trials because of the inherent restrictions on sample size. The article provides clear information regarding the different behaviors of different histological types of sarcoma, the importance of localized therapy for metastatic disease, and the critical role of combination chemotherapy in initial treatment to improve survival.Please see related article: https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-017-0831-7. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 15 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 33% |
| Mexico | 1 | 7% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 7 | 47% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 40% |
| Scientists | 5 | 33% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 20% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 11 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 11 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 18% |
| Researcher | 2 | 18% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 9% |
| Professor | 1 | 9% |
| Other | 1 | 9% |
| Other | 2 | 18% |
| Unknown | 2 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 45% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 18% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 9% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 2 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 20. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 July 2017.
All research outputs
#1,805,303
of 24,643,522 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medicine
#1,264
of 3,809 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#34,447
of 314,873 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medicine
#20
of 50 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 24,643,522 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 92nd percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,809 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 44.9. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 66% of its peers.
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