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ArticleInfectious agents and cancer2018

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Ellen S Pierce

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Article in Infectious agents and cancer, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
40citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

40 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Pathological Features and Genotyping ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  11. Microorganisms · 2024
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  19. The evidence forTranslational cancer research · 2023
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  20. Lateral-flow assays for bovine paratuberculosis diagnosis.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ellen S PierceSpokane Valley, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2045-191X
Camp Fire Inland Northwest · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infectious agents are known causes of human cancers.

Indexed as

Aberrant fociAdenomasCancerizationCarcinomasGobletInfectionInflammatory bowel diseaseSerratedTransitional mucosa

Identifiers

PMID29308085
PMCPMC5753485
OpenAlexW2781725002

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Registered trials

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