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ArticleCancer management and research2019

Clinical significance of systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) and C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio (CAR) in patients with esophageal cancer: a meta-analysis.

Yi Zhang, Guoliang Xiao, Rong Wang

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Article in Cancer management and research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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40citing papers in PubMed, 9 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

40 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 70 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yi ZhangDepartment of General Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Neijiang, Neijiang, Sichuan 641000, People's Republic of China.
Guoliang XiaoDepartment of General Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Neijiang, Neijiang, Sichuan 641000, People's Republic of China.
Rong WangDepartment of General Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Neijiang, Neijiang, Sichuan 641000, People's Republic of China.
Neijiang Normal University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

clinical pathologyC-reactive protein-to-albumin ratioesophageal cancermeta-analysisprognosissystemic immune-inflammation index

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PMID31190988
PMCPMC6515544
OpenAlexW2943304716

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