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Trial reportPigment cell & melanoma research2017

No association between prediagnosis exercise and survival in patients with high-risk primary melanoma: A population-based study.

Emily Schwitzer, Irene Orlow, Emily C Zabor, Colin B Begg, Marianne Berwick, Nancy E Thomas, Peter A Kanetsky, Lee W Jones, GEM Study Group

Abstract readClinical TrialLetterMulticenter Study
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Trial report in Pigment cell & melanoma research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Physical activity is associated with improved survival in skin cancer patients: A meta-analysis.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2026
    Article
  4. Review
  5. Life Factors and Melanoma: From the Macroscopic State to the Molecular Mechanism.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
    Review
  6. Review
  7. Modern Aspects of Immunotherapy with Checkpoint Inhibitors in Melanoma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
    Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Emily SchwitzerDuke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2518-9562
Irene OrlowMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Emily C ZaborMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Colin B BeggMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Marianne BerwickUniversity of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Nancy E ThomasUniversity of North Carolina, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Peter A KanetskyMoffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA.
Lee W JonesMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
GEM Study Group

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Virology Research Program (Program 4)P30CA016086 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI David Darr · 1985 to 2026
$201.5M
USC/NORRIS COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER (CORE) SUPPORTP30CA014089 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI MYLES G COCKBURN · 1985 to 2026
$181.4M
UNC-CH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH &SUSCEPTIBILITYP30ES010126 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Stephanie Engel · 2001 to 2026
$36.3M
Melanoma RAS/BRAF Mutation:Heterogeneity-Risk-PrognosisR01CA112243 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI THOMAS, NANCY E. · 2005 to 2014
$5.4M
A MODEL FOR GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY: MELANOMAU01CA083180 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO · PI BERWICK, MARIANNE · 1999 to 2003
$5.2M
Solar Exposure and Melanoma SurvivalR01CA112524 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO · PI BERWICK, MARIANNE · 2005 to 2009
$2.5M
Epidemiologic Parameters of Rare Cancer Risk FactorsR01CA098438 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI BEGG, COLIN B · 2003 to 2005
$839k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014089NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016086NCI NIH HHS R01 CA098438NCI NIH HHS R01 CA112243NCI NIH HHS R01 CA112524NCI NIH HHS U01 CA083180NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES010126
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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ExerciseDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansMaleMelanomaProspective StudiesSurvival Rate

Identifiers

PMID28397350
PMCPMC5486869

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