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Trial reportBioMed research international2018

Cutaneous Malignancy due to Arsenicosis in Bangladesh: 12-Year Study in Tertiary Level Hospital.

Md Iqbal Mahmud Choudhury, Nilufar Shabnam, Tazin Ahsan, S M Abu Ahsan, Md Saiful Kabir, Rashed Md Khan, Md Abdal Miah, Mohd Kamal Uddin, Md Aminur Rashid Liton

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In one paragraph

Trial report in BioMed research international, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A systematic review of microsimulation models for skin cancer.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2025
    Pooled it
  2. Skin Cancer in People of Color: A Systematic Review.American journal of clinical dermatology · 2022
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  7. Update of the risk assessment of inorganic arsenic in food.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2024
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  9. miRNAs and arsenic-induced carcinogenesis.Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.) · 2023
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  10. Arsenic and cancer: Evidence and mechanisms.Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.) · 2023
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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

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Md Iqbal Mahmud ChoudhuryAssistant Professor, Plastic Surgery Unit, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0001-8952-3032
Nilufar ShabnamAssistant Professor, Department of Surgery, BIRDEM Hospital and Ibrahim Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Tazin AhsanHonorary Medical Officer, Department of Surgery, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
S M Abu AhsanAssociate Professor and Head of the Department of Surgery, Ad-din Sakina Medical College, Jessore, Bangladesh.
Md Saiful KabirProfessor and Head of Department of Dermatology and Venereology, National Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Rashed Md KhanProfessor and Head of the Department of Dermatology & VD, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Md Abdal MiahAssistant Professor, Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Centre for Medical Education, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Mohd Kamal UddinSenior Consultant, Department of Dermatology, 250 bedded General Hospital, Gopalganj, Bangladesh.
Md Aminur Rashid LitonAssistant Professor, Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Medical University · BDDhaka Medical College and Hospital · BDBangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies · BDBangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation for Diabetes Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders · BDHoly Family Red Crescent Medical College

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bangladesh is grappling with the largest mass poisoning of a population in the world due to contamination of drinking water with naturally occurring inorganic arsenic. It is estimated that 75 million people of 59 (out of 64) districts are at risk of drinking contaminated water with arsenic above 50

Indexed as

Skin NeoplasmsTertiary Care CentersAdultAge FactorsArsenicArsenic PoisoningBangladeshHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesSex FactorsSocioeconomic FactorsTime FactorsWater Pollutants, ChemicalWater Pollution, ChemicalArsenicWater Pollutants, Chemical

Identifiers

PMID30643806
PMCPMC6311317
OpenAlexW2903787608

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