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ArticleJournal of Cancer2017

A phase II trial of preoperative concurrent chemotherapy and dose escalated intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for locally advanced rectal cancer.

Jeremy Tey, Cheng Nang Leong, Wai Kit Cheong, Tay Guan Sze, Wei Peng Yong, Ivan Weng Keong Tham, Khai Mun Lee

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Article in Journal of Cancer, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-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

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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy for Rectal Cancer in the UK in 2020.Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)) · 2021
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  12. Radiation therapy for rectal cancer.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2019
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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jeremy TeyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore.
Cheng Nang LeongDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore.
Wai Kit CheongDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore.
Tay Guan SzeDepartment of Colorectal Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
Wei Peng YongDepartment of Medical Oncology, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore.
Ivan Weng Keong ThamDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore.
Khai Mun LeeDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Farrer Park Hospital, Singapore.
National University Cancer Institute, Singapore · SGNational University Hospital · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

capecitabinechemoradiotherapyIMRTpreoperativerectal Cancer

Identifiers

PMID29158782
PMCPMC5665026
OpenAlexW2755512079

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