Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28402818›Full record

ArticleLancet (London, England)2017

Whole brain radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer - Authors' reply.

Ruth E Langley, Matthew Nankivell, Rachael Barton, Corinne Faivre-Finn, Paula Mulvenna, QUARTZ trial management group

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Article in Lancet (London, England), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Observational
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Ruth E LangleyMedical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London, London WC2B 6NH, UK. Electronic address: ruth.langley@ucl.ac.uk.
Matthew NankivellMedical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London, London WC2B 6NH, UK.
Rachael BartonQueen's Centre for Oncology and Haematology, Castle Hill Hospital, Hull, UK.
Corinne Faivre-FinnInstitute of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
Paula MulvennaNorthern Centre for Cancer Care, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
QUARTZ trial management group

Funding

Cancer Research UK 20465Cancer Research UK 6414Medical Research Council MC_UU_12023/28
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Lung NeoplasmsBrainBrain NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungHumansRadiosurgery

Identifiers

PMID28402818

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