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SynthesisFrontiers in nutrition2020

Oral Glutamine May Have No Clinical Benefits to Prevent Radiation-Induced Oral Mucositis in Adult Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Ting Shuai, Xu Tian, Ling-Li Xu, Wei-Qing Chen, Yuan-Ping Pi, Lin Zhang, Qiao-Qin Wan, Xiu-E Li

Open access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in nutrition, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Effects of L-glutamine and hyaluronic acid associated with photobiomodulation on oral mucositis: a randomized clinical trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ting ShuaiSecond Dental Center, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China.
Xu TianDepartment of Gastroenterology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, China.
Ling-Li XuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, China.
Wei-Qing ChenDepartment of Gastroenterology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, China.
Yuan-Ping PiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, China.
Lin ZhangDepartment of Nursing, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China.
Qiao-Qin WanSchool of Nursing, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Xiu-E LiDepartment of Nursing, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China.
Peking University · CNChongqing Cancer Hospital · CNChongqing University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

glutaminehead and neck canceroral mucositisradiotherapysystematic review

Identifiers

PMID32363198
PMCPMC7180868
OpenAlexW3016801235

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