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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2018

The Clinicopathologic and Prognostic Significance of Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Expression in Patients With Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Yan Li, Qingying Huang, Yaoyao Zhou, Meizhi He, Jianhong Chen, Yubo Gao, Xue Wang

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yan LiDepartment of Urology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Qingying HuangThe Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Yaoyao ZhouThe Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Meizhi HeThe Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Jianhong ChenThe Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Yubo GaoDepartment of Urology, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Xue WangDepartment of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Southern Medical University · CNNanfang Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

clinicopathologicmeta-analysisPD-1/PD-L1prognosticprostate cancer

Identifiers

PMID30733677
PMCPMC6354218
OpenAlexW2914702052

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