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ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2017

Geographic Variations in the Incidence of Glioblastoma and Prognostic Factors Predictive of Overall Survival in US Adults from 2004-2013.

Hao Xu, Junrui Chen, Hongzhi Xu, Zhiyong Qin

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Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Hao XuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Junrui ChenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Hongzhi XuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Zhiyong QinDepartment of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID29163134
PMCPMC5681990

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