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ArticleIntegrative cancer therapies

The Effects of Dosage-Controlled Cannabis Capsules on Cancer-Related Cachexia and Anorexia Syndrome in Advanced Cancer Patients: Pilot Study.

Gil Bar-Sela, Daniela Zalman, Valerya Semenysty, Eyal Ballan

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Article in Integrative cancer therapies. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

38 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Cannabis Use by Veterans and Potential Interactions With Antineoplastic Agents: Analysis and Literature Review.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2026
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  9. Cancer cachexia: molecular basis and therapeutic advances.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026
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  11. Adverse events associated with the use of cannabis-based products in people living with cancer: a systematic scoping review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gil Bar-SelaEmek Medical Center, Afula, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-6579-1841
Daniela ZalmanRambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
Valerya SemenystyRambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
Eyal BallanBethesda Metro Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4113-3876
Rambam Health Care Campus · ILTechnion – Israel Institute of Technology · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AgedAged, 80 and overAnalgesicsAnorexiaCachexiaCannabidiolCannabisCapsulesDronabinolDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsPilot ProjectsAnalgesicsCannabidiolCapsulesDronabinolanorexiaappetite losscachexiacancercannabis capsules

Identifiers

PMID31595793
PMCPMC6785913
OpenAlexW2979651268

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.