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ArticleOncology letters2017

Synergistic cytotoxic effects of a combined treatment of a

Mingxing Zhang, Yi Yu, Hongwei Zhang, Haixia Huang, Qingqing Cai, Yu Kang, Guiling Li, Congjian Xu

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Article in Oncology letters, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

8 authors.

Mingxing ZhangDepartment of Integration of Western and Traditional Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200011, P.R. China.
Yi YuDepartment of Integration of Western and Traditional Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200011, P.R. China.
Hongwei ZhangDepartment of Integration of Western and Traditional Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200011, P.R. China.
Haixia HuangDepartment of Integration of Western and Traditional Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200011, P.R. China.
Qingqing CaiDepartment of Integration of Western and Traditional Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200011, P.R. China.
Yu KangDepartment of Integration of Western and Traditional Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200011, P.R. China.
Guiling LiDepartment of Integration of Western and Traditional Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200011, P.R. China.
Congjian XuDepartment of Integration of Western and Traditional Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200011, P.R. China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Herbal medicines are known to have numerous benefits, including lower toxicity and fewer side effects than traditional chemotherapeutic drugs. In traditional Chinese medicine, the rhizome of

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cervical cancercisplatincytotoxicityPinelliapedatisecta Schottsynergistic

Identifiers

PMID28588727
PMCPMC5452894

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