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ReviewCancers2020

Statin Use and the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.

Md Mohaimenul Islam, Tahmina Nasrin Poly, Bruno Andreas Walther, Hsuan-Chia Yang, Yu-Chuan Jack Li

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
54citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
4.5field-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

54 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prevention, surveillance, and early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma - a Brazilian multidisciplinary consensus.Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2026
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  6. Squalene Epoxidase: Its Regulations and Links with Cancers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  11. Cancer chemoprevention: signaling pathways and strategic approaches.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Md Mohaimenul IslamGraduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
Tahmina Nasrin PolyGraduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
Bruno Andreas WaltherDepartment of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung City 80424, Taiwan.
Hsuan-Chia YangGraduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
Yu-Chuan Jack LiGraduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
Wan Fang Hospital · TWNational Sun Yat-sen University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

fatty liverHepatocellular carcinomaliver cancerliver cirrhosisliver fibrosisstatins

Identifiers

PMID32183029
PMCPMC7139959
OpenAlexW3011082741

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Registered trials

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