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ArticleJournal of Cancer2020

Correlation between Prostatitis, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Prostate Cancer: A systematic review and Meta-analysis.

Lei Zhang, Yi Wang, Zhiqiang Qin, Xian Gao, Qianwei Xing, Ran Li, Wei Wang, Ninghong Song, Wei Zhang

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Article in Journal of Cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 63 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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lei ZhangDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
Yi WangDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
Zhiqiang QinDepartment of Urology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210006, China.
Xian GaoDepartment of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
Qianwei XingDepartment of Urology, The Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China.
Ran LiDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
Wei WangDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
Ninghong SongDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
Wei ZhangDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
Nanjing Medical University · CNJiangsu Province 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

Benign prostatic hyperplasiaEpidemiological.Meta-analysisProstate cancerProstatitis

Identifiers

PMID31892984
PMCPMC6930406
OpenAlexW2991798459

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