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ArticleOncoTargets and therapy2017

Treatment-related severe and fatal adverse events with molecular targeted agents in the treatment of advanced gastric cancer: a meta-analysis.

Liang Wang, Yagang Liu, Wenyong Zhou, Wei Li

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Article in OncoTargets and therapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. The efficacy and safety of targeted therapy with or without chemotherapy in advanced gastric cancer treatment: a network meta-analysis of well-designed randomized controlled trials.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Liang WangDepartment of General Surgery, The Central Cangzhou Hospital, Cangzhou, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China.
Yagang LiuDepartment of General Surgery, The Central Cangzhou Hospital, Cangzhou, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China.
Wenyong ZhouDepartment of General Surgery, The Central Cangzhou Hospital, Cangzhou, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China.
Wei LiDepartment of General Surgery, The Central Cangzhou Hospital, Cangzhou, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China.
Cangzhou Central Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of Phase III randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to determine the incidence and risk of severe adverse events (AEs) with molecular targeted agents (MTAs) in advanced/metastatic gastric cancer (GC) patients.

methodsA comprehensive literature search for related trials published up to December 2015 was performed. Eligible studies were Phase III RCTs of advanced/metastatic GC patients assigned to MTAs or control group. Data were extracted by two authors for severe and fatal AEs (FAEs).

resultsA total of nine Phase III RCTs involved 4,934 GC patients were ultimately identified. The pooled results demonstrated that the addition of TAs to therapies in advanced GC significantly increased the risk of developing severe AEs (relative risk: 1.12, 95% confidence interval: 1.02-1.24,

conclusionWith available evidence, the use of TAs in GC patients was associated with an increased risk of severe AEs, but not for FAE. Clinicians should be aware of the risk of severe AEs with the administration of these drugs in these patients.

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advanced gastric cancermeta-analysismolecular targeted agentsrandomized

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PMID28490885
PMCPMC5414625
OpenAlexW2608081686

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