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ArticleOncoTargets and therapy2017

Therapeutic efficacy and safety of combined

Peng Chen, Fuchao Chen, Benhong Zhou

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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 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Peng Chen *Department of Pharmacy, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei.
Fuchao Chen *Department of Pharmacy, Dongfeng Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei.
Benhong ZhouDepartment of Pharmacy, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei.
Wuhan University · CNRenmin Hospital of Wuhan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRecent clinical studies have shown that initial therapy with combined MATERIALS AND

methodsSearches were made in PubMed and EMBASE electronic databases and conference abstracts published by the American Society of Clinical Oncology from 2000 to 2017. Outcomes included overall response, progression-free survival, and overall survival, as well as the incidence rate of adverse events.

resultsEight trials comprising 2,664 patients were included in the meta-analysis. Patients with combined therapies showed superior results compared to those with

conclusionThese data suggested that the combined

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Identifiers

PMID29180872
PMCPMC5692200
OpenAlexW2768556834

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