Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28196237›Full record

ArticleJAMA2017

Scalp Cooling to Prevent Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia: The Time Has Come.

Dawn L Hershman

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Article in JAMA, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
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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.

  1. An interview-based qualitative study of scalp cooling, alopecia, and disparities in Black breast cancer patients.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  2. Article
  3. Factors influencing scalp cooling discussions and use at a large academic institution: a single-center retrospective review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Dawn L HershmanDepartments of Medicine and Epidemiology, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

ScalpAlopeciaAntineoplastic AgentsBreast NeoplasmsHumansHypothermia, InducedInduction ChemotherapyAntineoplastic Agents

Identifiers

PMID28196237

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.