Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30446526›Full record

SynthesisBioscience reports2018

Prognostic and clinicopathological significance of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in patients with oral cancer.

Yun Yang, Rongxun Liu, Feng Ren, Rui Guo, Pengfei Zhang

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Synthesis in Bioscience reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. The Role of Proinflammatory Biomarkers in Oral Cancer Pathophysiology.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  12. A novel clinical signature predicts the survival of elderly patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2022
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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

5 authors.

Yun YangSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China yunyangxxmu@tom.com.ORCID 0000-0002-7337-5802
Rongxun LiuSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.
Feng RenSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.
Rui GuoCollege of Biomedical Engineering, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.
Pengfei ZhangSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Disease ProgressionHumansLeukocyte CountLymphocytesMouth NeoplasmsNeoplasm StagingNeutrophilsPrognosisSurvival Analysismeta-analysisneutrophil- to-lymphocyte ratiooral cancerprognosis

Identifiers

PMID30446526
PMCPMC6294633

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