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ArticleOncoTargets and therapy2018

Transcatheter hepatic arterial chemoembolization plus cinobufotalin injection adjuvant therapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a meta-analysis of 27 trials involving 2,079 patients.

Na Guo, Yanyan Miao, Mingzhong Sun

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Article in OncoTargets and therapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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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

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Na GuoDepartment of Hepatopathy, The Sixth People's Hospital of Qingdao, Qingdao 266033, Shandong Province, China, mingzhongsunzs@163.com.
Yanyan MiaoDepartment of Hepatopathy, The Sixth People's Hospital of Qingdao, Qingdao 266033, Shandong Province, China, mingzhongsunzs@163.com.
Mingzhong SunDepartment of Hepatopathy, The Sixth People's Hospital of Qingdao, Qingdao 266033, Shandong Province, China, mingzhongsunzs@163.com.
Qingdao Eighth People's Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe aim of this study was to systematically investigate the safety and efficacy of the combination of transcatheter hepatic arterial chemoembolization (TACE) and cinobufotalin injection for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HC).

methodsClinical trials were searched from Web of Science, Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase, Chinese Medical Citation Index (CMCI), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chinese Scientific Journal Database (VIP), and Wanfang database. Outcome measures including therapeutic efficacy, quality of life, liver function, immune function, and adverse events were extracted and evaluated.

resultsAfter final assessment, 27 studies including 2,079 advanced HC patients were involved in this study. Compared with TACE alone, the combination of TACE with cinobufotalin injection adjuvant therapy significantly prolonged the patients' 1-, 1.5-, 2-, and 3-year overall survival (OS) rate (1-year OS, OR=2.84, 95% CI=2.20-3.67,

conclusionThe combination of TACE and cinobufotalin injection adjuvant therapy is safe and more effective for end-stage HC treatment than TACE alone.

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cinobufotalin injectionhepatocellular carcinomameta-analysistranscatheter hepatic arterial chemoembolization

Identifiers

PMID30573972
PMCPMC6290874
OpenAlexW2902517462

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