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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2019

Siroshini Thiagarajan, Daryl J Arapoc, Nurul Husna Shafie, Yong Yoke Keong, Hasnah Bahari, Zainah Adam, Thandar Ei

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 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.

Siroshini ThiagarajanDepartment of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0003-0665-2109
Daryl J ArapocMalaysian Nuclear Agency, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Nurul Husna ShafieDepartment of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Yong Yoke KeongDepartment of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-9442-7456
Hasnah BahariDepartment of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-8302-4136
Zainah AdamMalaysian Nuclear Agency, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-8157-0635
Thandar EiDepartment of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-9613-1907
Universiti Putra Malaysia · MYMalaysian Nuclear Agency · MY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related deaths worldwide with about 40% occurring in developing countries. The two varieties of

Identifiers

PMID30956678
PMCPMC6431397
OpenAlexW2919464971

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Registered trials

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