Liver Needle Biopsies are Poor Predictors of Histologic Tumor Grade for Midgut Neuroendocrine Tumors
Liver Needle Biopsies are Poor Predictors of Histologic Tumor Grade for Midgut Neuroendocrine Tumors
Review Data
Purpose and Significance of Study: This study aims to test the hypothesis that the preoperative needle biopsies are not reliable in predicting
histologic tumor grade in midgut neuroendocrine tumors, by comparing with the corresponding
surgical tissue. Despite the fundamental utility of this prediction method, the
results confirm the suspicion, which, although not a novel finding, is
significant, keeping in mind the recent studies to this end.
Fit with Scope of Journal: The manuscript is of very high interest for the journal Clinical
Oncology and Research.
The manuscript is well-written and mostly
error-free. A few minor errors (already incorporated in the
galley proof) are listed below –
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A common error is omission of
“the”, e.g. in the Background section of Abstract, in the last sentence, before
“histologic grade”, in the Conclusion section of Abstract, in the 2nd sentence,
before “actual clinical course”, and so on.
In the Introduction section –
In the 2nd paragraph –
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In the 4th sentence, “outcome”
must be replaced with outcomes.
In the 3rd paragraph –
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In the last sentence, “and that”
must be inserted after “specimen”.
In the Methods section –
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In the 3rd sentence, “that” must
be replaced by “who”, “aspirate” must be replaced by “aspiration” and “(FNA)”
must be inserted after “fine-needle aspirate”.
In the Results section –
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In the 5th and 6th sentences,
“in” after “observed discordance” must be replaced by “between”.
In the Discussion section –
In the 1st paragraph –
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In the 3rd sentence, “Patient’s”
must be replaced by “patients’”.
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In the 5th sentence, “grade” must
be replaced by “grading”.
In the 2nd paragraph –
·
In the 4th sentence, “grade” must
be inserted before “(G3)”.
This
study should be published for greater visibility of the scientific community.
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Author Info
Yi-Zarn Wang Brianne Voros David T. Beyer Eugene A. Woltering Ioni Kokodis Irma Oliva J. Philip Boudreaux M. Jennifer Ricks Ramcharan Thiagarajan Robert A. Ramirez Yvette Bren Mattison
Corresponding Author
Robert A. RamirezOchsner Medical Center, Kenner, LA, USA
Article Info
Article Type
Research ArticlePublication history
Received: Fri 10, Jan 2020Accepted: Wed 29, Jan 2020
Published: Fri 31, Jan 2020
Copyright
© 2023 Robert A. Ramirez. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.DOI: 10.31487/j.COR.2020.01.07