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ArticleOncotarget2017

Surrogate endpoint for overall survival in assessment of adjuvant therapies after curative treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma: a re-analysis of meta-analyses of individual patients' data.

Hong-Bo Huan, Li-Li Wu, Wan-Yee Lau, Xu-Dong Wen, Liang Zhang, Da-Peng Yang, Xi-Shu Wang, Ping Bie, Feng Xia

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Article in Oncotarget, 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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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hong-Bo HuanInstitute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Li-Li WuInstitute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Wan-Yee LauInstitute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Xu-Dong WenInstitute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Liang ZhangInstitute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Da-Peng YangInstitute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Xi-Shu WangInstitute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Ping BieInstitute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Feng XiaInstitute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Southwest Hospital · CNArmy Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gold standard endpoint to evaluate the effect of treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is overall survival (OS), but it requires a longer follow-up period to observe. This study aimed to identify whether disease-free survival (DFS) could be used as a surrogate endpoint for OS to assess the efficacy of adjuvant therapies after curative treatment (surgical resection and ablation) for HCC patients. A systematic review was conducted to identify trials about curative treatment combined with or without adjuvant therapies (interferon, IFN; or transarterial chemoembolization, TACE) for HCC. Total of 2211 patients' data from 17 trials were analyzed. At the individual study level, DFS was strongly correlated to OS (

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disease-free survivalhepatocellular carcinomaoverall survivalsurrogate endpoint

Identifiers

PMID29163828
PMCPMC5685749
OpenAlexW2734125219

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