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Trial reportNutrients2019

Sodium Selenite Alleviates Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema Independent of Antioxidant Defense System.

Hye Won Han, Eun Joo Yang, Seung-Min Lee

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Nutrients, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Selenium-Containing Compounds in Breast Cancer Therapy.Biological trace element research · 2026
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  13. THE MAIN CYTOTOXIC EFFECTS OF METHYLSELENINIC ACID ON VARIOUS CANCER CELLS.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hye Won HanDepartment of Food and Nutrition, Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project, College of Human Ecology, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea. hyeewoon@naver.com.ORCID 0000-0002-9839-0996
Eun Joo YangDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam 13620, Korea. graceloves@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-2417-2416
Seung-Min LeeDepartment of Food and Nutrition, Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project, College of Human Ecology, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Korea. leeseungmin@yonsei.ac.kr.ORCID 0000-0002-3443-5286
Yonsei University · KRSeoul National University Bundang Hospital · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-term surveillance is necessary to identify patients at risk of developing secondary lymphedema after breast cancer surgery. We assessed how sodium selenite supplementation would affect breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL) symptoms and parameters in association with antioxidant effects. A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was conducted on 26 participants with clinical stage II to III BCRL. The control group (CTRL,

Indexed as

AdultAgedAntioxidantsBreast NeoplasmsDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansLymphedemaMiddle AgedSodium SeleniteTrace ElementsAntioxidantsSodium SeleniteTrace Elementsbioimpedance analysisbreast cancer-related lymphedemaoxidative stresssodium selenitesupplementation

Identifiers

PMID31067718
PMCPMC6566195
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