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ArticleBiomedical reports2017

The relationship between tumor necrosis factor-α polymorphisms and gastric cancer risk: An updated meta-analysis.

Wenxian Zheng, Shuisheng Zhang, Shenfeng Zhang, Li Min, Yihong Wang, Jian Xie, Yong Hou, Xiufang Tian, Jian Cheng, Kun Liu and 8 more

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Article in Biomedical reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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

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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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Wenxian ZhengDepartment of Oncology, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People Hospital, Shanghai 200233, P.R. China.
Shuisheng ZhangDepartment of Abdominal Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, P.R. China.
Shenfeng ZhangDepartment of Oncology, Zaozhuang Municipal Hospital of Shandong Province, Zaozhuang, Shandong 277101, P.R. China.
Li MinDepartment of Gastroenterology, Beijing Medical University, National Clinical Center for Digestive Disease Center, Key Laboratory for Precancerous Lesion of Digestive Disease, Beijing 100050, P.R. China.
Yihong WangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China.
Jian XieDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China.
Yong HouDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China.
Xiufang TianDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China.
Jian ChengDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China.
Kun LiuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China.
Deguo XuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China.
Xinshuang YuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China.
Zhen LiuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China.
Yajuan LvDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China.
Ning LiangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China.
Jiandong ZhangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China.
Fengjun LiuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China.
Yuan TianDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250014, P.R. China.
Shandong University · CNShandong Provincial QianFoShan Hospital · CNZaozhuang Municipal Hospital · CNNational Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases · CNShanghai Sixth People's Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between tumor necrosis factor-α (

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gastric cancermeta-analysispolymorphismsrisktumor necrosis factor-α

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