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ArticleOncoTargets and therapy2017

Clinical significance of

Xuebing Yan, Liguo Liu, Hao Li, Huanlong Qin, Zhenliang Sun

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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 75 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
75citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

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

75 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 107 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Progress on the mechanism of intestinal microbiota against colorectal cancer.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  19. The Link Between the Gut Microbiome and Bone Metastasis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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15 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Xuebing Yan *Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine.
Liguo Liu *Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital.
Hao Li *Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine.
Huanlong QinDepartment of General Surgery, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine.
Zhenliang SunDepartment of General Surgery, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine.
Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital · CNShanghai Jiao Tong University · CNShanghai Sixth People's Hospital · CNTongji University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common digestive malignancy and emerging studies have closely linked its initiation and development with gut microbiota changes.

Indexed as

cancer stem cellcolorectal cancerEMTFnprognosis

Identifiers

PMID29081665
PMCPMC5652912
OpenAlexW2766688531

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