Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29294194›Full record

SynthesisClinical rheumatology2018

No association between the risk of breast cancer and systemic lupus erythematosus: evidence from a meta-analysis.

Zahra Rezaieyazdi, Samira Tabaei, Yalda Ravanshad, Javad Akhtari, Hassan Mehrad-Majd

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Synthesis in Clinical rheumatology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 13 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zahra RezaieyazdiRheumatic Diseases Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Samira TabaeiRheumatic Diseases Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Yalda RavanshadClinical Research Unit, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Javad AkhtariImmunogenetics Research Center, Department of Medical Nanotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Hassan Mehrad-MajdClinical Research Unit, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. Mehradmajd.h@gmail.com.
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences · IRMazandaran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several studies have estimated breast cancer risk in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) relative to the general population. However, the results have been inconclusive. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis to ascertain a more comprehensive conclusion. A systematic literature search of electronic databases including PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Scopus was conducted to identify eligible studies using multiple search strategies. Based on the degree of heterogeneity, a random-effect model was chosen to calculate the pooled standardized incidence rate (SIR) with 95% confidence interval (CI), to estimate the strength of association between SLE and breast cancer incidence risk. A total of 18 eligible studies including 110,720 patients with SLE were enrolled in this meta-analysis. The combined results showed no significant association between SLE and breast cancer incidence (SIRs = 1.012 (95% CI, 0.797-1.284)). Subgroup analysis by study type, ethnicity, follow-up years, sample size, and SLE diagnostic criteria also showed no altered risk for breast cancer incidence (the summary risk estimate of each subgroup ranged from 0.82 to 1.40 with no statistical significance). This meta-analysis suggests no direct association between SLE and risk of breast cancer incidence.

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsFemaleHumansIncidenceLupus Erythematosus, SystemicRisk AssessmentBreast cancerMeta-analysisSystemic lupus erythematosus

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PMID29294194
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