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ArticleJournal of Cancer2019

A randomised trial of probiotics to reduce severity of physiological and microbial disorders induced by partial gastrectomy for patients with gastric cancer.

Cihua Zheng, Tingtao Chen, Yuqing Wang, Yuan Gao, Yao Kong, Zhaoxia Liu, Xiaorong Deng

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Article in Journal of Cancer, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
58citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
9.1field-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

58 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cihua ZhengDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, PR China.
Tingtao ChenInstitute of Translational Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, PR China.
Yuqing WangInstitute of Translational Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, PR China.
Yuan GaoInstitute of Translational Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, PR China.
Yao KongInstitute of Translational Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, PR China.
Zhaoxia LiuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, PR China.
Xiaorong DengDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330006, PR China.
Nanchang University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastrectomy has been widely used for the treatment of gastric cancer, and the severity of physiological and microbial disorders has greatly harmed the health of patients. In the present study, a probiotic combination containing

Indexed as

AkkermansiagastrectomyGastric cancerhigh‑throughput sequencingprobiotics

Identifiers

PMID30719153
PMCPMC6360416
OpenAlexW2910512495

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