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SynthesisThe Journal of international medical research2020

Prognostic value of serum alpha-fetoprotein levels in patients with gastric cancer: a meta-analysis.

Xiang Xu, Qing Wang, Huihua Cao, Zhenyan Gao, Guangyang Qian, Qicheng Lu, Yugang Wu

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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 4 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Xiang XuDepartment of General Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University and The First People's Hospital of Changzhou, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Qing WangDepartment of General Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University and The First People's Hospital of Changzhou, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Huihua CaoDepartment of General Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University and The First People's Hospital of Changzhou, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Zhenyan GaoDepartment of General Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University and The First People's Hospital of Changzhou, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Guangyang QianDepartment of General Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University and The First People's Hospital of Changzhou, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Qicheng LuDepartment of General Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University and The First People's Hospital of Changzhou, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Yugang WuDepartment of General Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University and The First People's Hospital of Changzhou, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8447-8252

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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alpha-FetoproteinsHumansPrognosisPublication BiasStomach NeoplasmsSurvival AnalysisTreatment Outcomealpha-FetoproteinsAFPAlpha-fetoproteingastric cancermeta-analysisprognosissurvival

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PMID32228092
PMCPMC7133086

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