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SynthesisThe Journal of international medical research2020

Systematic review and network meta-analysis comparing Chinese herbal injections with chemotherapy for treating patients with esophageal cancer.

Dan Zhang, Jiarui Wu, Haojia Wang, Wei Zhou, Mengwei Ni, Xinkui Liu, Xiaomeng Zhang

Open access · goldAbstract readComparative StudySystematic ReviewNetwork Meta-Analysis
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In one paragraph

Synthesis in The Journal of international medical research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 11 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Dan ZhangDepartment of Clinical Chinese Pharmacy, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Jiarui WuDepartment of Clinical Chinese Pharmacy, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1617-6110
Haojia WangDepartment of Clinical Chinese Pharmacy, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Wei ZhouDepartment of Clinical Chinese Pharmacy, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Mengwei NiDepartment of Clinical Chinese Pharmacy, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Xinkui LiuDepartment of Clinical Chinese Pharmacy, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Xiaomeng ZhangDepartment of Clinical Chinese Pharmacy, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsChinaDrugs, Chinese HerbalEsophageal NeoplasmsEsophagusGastrointestinal DiseasesHumansLeukopeniaMedicine, Chinese TraditionalPhytotherapyRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTreatment OutcomeAntineoplastic AgentsDrugs, Chinese HerbalkushenShen-Fuadverse drug reactionschemotherapyChinese herbal injectionesophageal cancernetwork meta-analysissystematic reviewtraditional Chinese medicine

Identifiers

PMID31948305
PMCPMC7113717
OpenAlexW2999875701

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Registered trials

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