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ArticleOncoimmunology

A reliable and feasible way to predict the benefits of Nivolumab in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a pooled analysis of 14 retrospective studies.

Dedong Cao, Huilin Xu, Ximing Xu, Tao Guo, Wei Ge

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Article in Oncoimmunology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Dedong CaoDepartment of Oncology, RenMin Hospital of WuHan University, WuHan, Hubei, China.
Huilin XuDepartment of Oncology, The Fifth Hospital of WuHan, WuHan, Hubei, China.
Ximing XuDepartment of Oncology, RenMin Hospital of WuHan University, WuHan, Hubei, China.
Tao GuoDepartment of Hematology, The Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, HuaZhong University of Science and Technology, WuHan, Hubei, China.
Wei GeDepartment of Oncology, RenMin Hospital of WuHan University, WuHan, Hubei, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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immunotherapylung cancermeta-analysisNeutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratioNivolumab

Identifiers

PMID30377569
PMCPMC6205035

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