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ArticleJournal of Cancer2018

Tongue Coating Microbiota Community and Risk Effect on Gastric Cancer.

Juan Wu, Shuo Xu, Chunjie Xiang, Qinhong Cao, Qiyi Li, Jiaqian Huang, Liyun Shi, Junfeng Zhang, Zhen Zhan

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Article in Journal of Cancer, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
73citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

73 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 137 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Tongue-coating microbiome as a predictor of solid tumors: an updated scoping review of clinical studies.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2026
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  14. Streptococcus anginosus: the potential role in the progression of gastric cancer.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2025
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  18. Crosstalk Between Oral Microbiome and Cancer: Emerging Trends and Insights.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2025
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  19. Microbiota and gastric cancer: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic strategies.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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13 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Juan WuSchool of Medicine and Life Sciences, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 138 Xianlin Road, Nanjing 210023, China.
Shuo XuSchool of Medicine and Life Sciences, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 138 Xianlin Road, Nanjing 210023, China.
Chunjie XiangSchool of Medicine and Life Sciences, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 138 Xianlin Road, Nanjing 210023, China.
Qinhong CaoDepartment of Digestive Tumor Surgery, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Qiyi LiSchool of Medicine and Life Sciences, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 138 Xianlin Road, Nanjing 210023, China.
Jiaqian HuangSchool of Medicine and Life Sciences, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 138 Xianlin Road, Nanjing 210023, China.
Liyun ShiSchool of Medicine and Life Sciences, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 138 Xianlin Road, Nanjing 210023, China.
Junfeng ZhangSchool of Medicine and Life Sciences, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 138 Xianlin Road, Nanjing 210023, China.
Zhen ZhanSchool of Medicine and Life Sciences, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 138 Xianlin Road, Nanjing 210023, China.
Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

BiomarkersCase-controlGastric cancerMicrobiotaTongue coating

Identifiers

PMID30410609
PMCPMC6218773
OpenAlexW2898605557

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