Communicating risks through analogies.

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.

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.

Who cites it

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

1. American society of clinical oncology clinical practice guideline update on the use of pharmacologic interventions including tamoxifen, raloxifene, and aromatase inhibition for breast cancer risk reduction.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2009
   Guideline
2. Comparing the Antimicrobial Resistance Crisis to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomized Public Health Messaging Experiment.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2026
   Trial
3. Mental associations with COVID-19 and how they relate with self-reported protective behaviors: A national survey in the United States.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2021
   Article
4. A qualitative exploration of clinicians' strategies to communicate risks to patients in the complex reality of clinical practice.PloS one · 2020
   Article
5. The perceived acceptability of the DEPPA patient assessment tool: A questionnaire survey of Denplan Excel patients.British dental journal · 2017
   Article
6. Suitable trial designs and cohorts for preventive breast cancer agents.Nature reviews. Clinical oncology · 2013
   Review
7. Information needs and preferences of low and high literacy consumers for decisions about colorectal cancer screening: utilizing a linguistic model.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2008
   Article
8. Clarification of terminology in drug safety.Drug safety · 2005
   Review
9. Patients' perceptions of cholesterol, cardiovascular disease risk, and risk communication strategies.Annals of family medicine
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Corrections and comments

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Authors and funding

1 author.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

Abstract

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