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ArticleBMC medicine2017

A step forward in addressing cancer survivorship in the Asia-Pacific region.

Raymond Javan Chan, Alexandre Chan, Patsy Yates, Alex Molassiotis

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Article in BMC medicine, 2017. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
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, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Raymond Javan ChanSchool of Nursing and Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. raymond.chan@qut.edu.au.
Alexandre ChanDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Patsy YatesSchool of Nursing and Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
Alex MolassiotisSchool of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Hong Kong Polytechnic University · HKNational Cancer Centre Singapore · SGQueensland University of Technology · AURoyal Brisbane and Women's Hospital · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer survivorship is being increasingly recognized as an important component of cancer care. This commentary reviews the key findings reported in the recent BMC Medicine publication of the ACTION study, which focuses on the health-related quality of life and psychological distress in 5249 cancer survivors in eight low- and middle-income countries in Southeast Asia. The study identified that more than one-third of survivors experience at least mild levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms and that poorer outcomes in quality of life, anxiety, and depressive symptoms are linked to a number of clinical and demographic factors. Such data provides an important foundation to inform cancer policy and service planning in Asia. Future research efforts are required to further understand the needs of cancer survivors in this region and determine interventions to improve outcomes for this population.Please see related article: http://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-016-0768-2 .

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Quality of LifeSurvival RateAsiaAsia, SoutheasternHumansNeoplasmsAsiaAsia-Pacific regionCancer policyCancer survivorshipLow- and middle-income countriesService planning

Identifiers

PMID28122607
PMCPMC5267423
OpenAlexW2582409656

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