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SynthesisMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England)2011

Standard chemotherapy is superior to high-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell transplantation on overall survival as the first-line therapy for patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a meta-analysis.

Jing Wang, Ping Zhan, Jian Ouyang, Bing Chen, Rongfu Zhou, Yonggong Yang

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Synthesis in Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jing WangDepartment of Hematology, The Affiliated DrumTower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, 210008, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
Ping Zhan
Jian Ouyang
Bing Chen
Rongfu Zhou
Yonggong Yang
Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital · CNNanjing Chest Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have reported conflicting results on the impact of high-dose chemotherapy with autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HDCT) as the first-line treatment for patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). We performed a systematic meta-analysis to assess the efficacy of HDCT compared to conventional chemotherapy in patients with aggressive NHL with regard to overall survival (OS) at 3 years. We gathered the data for our analysis from MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane controlled trials register, Cochrane Library, and Science Citation Index (1/1990 to 11/2008) searches. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using the random effect model. Fourteen RCTs were identified that were published in full text and included a total of 2,413 patients. There was evidence that HDCT showed decreased OS (HR 1.20, 95% CI 1.05-1.37, P=0.006) at 3 years when compared with conventional chemotherapy. The variation in OS probabilities between studies was not statistically significant (test for heterogeneity, Q=10.14, df=13, P=0.683). Thus, our meta-analysis showed that HDCT in aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma had decreased overall survival outcome compared with conventional chemotherapy.

Indexed as

Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationAntineoplastic AgentsCombined Modality TherapyHumansLymphoma, Non-HodgkinTransplantation, AutologousAntineoplastic Agents

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PMID20373054
OpenAlexW2025366154

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