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ArticleOncotarget2018

Anti-cachectic effect of

Meng-Chuan Chen, Wen-Lin Hsu, Tz-Chong Chou

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Article in Oncotarget, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Effect of ethanol extracts of Antrodia cinnamomea on head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cell line.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2020
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Meng-Chuan Chen *School of Dentistry, Graduated Institute of Dental Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Wen-Lin Hsu *Department of Radiation Oncology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.
Tz-Chong ChouCancer Research Center, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.
Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital · TWNational Defense Medical Center · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skeletal muscle atrophy, the most characteristic feature of cancer cachexia, often occurs in patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy.

Indexed as

Antrodia cinnamomeacancer cachexiachemotherapylung tumormuscle atrophy

Identifiers

PMID29731967
PMCPMC5929410
OpenAlexW2797279288

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Registered trials

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