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ArticleCancers2020

New Use for Old Drugs: The Protective Effect of Risperidone on Colorectal Cancer.

Vincent Chin-Hung Chen, Yi-Hsuan Hsieh, Tzu-Chin Lin, Mong-Liang Lu, Yin-To Liao, Yao-Hsu Yang, Tsai-Ching Hsu, Robert Stewart, Jun-Cheng Weng, Min-Jing Lee and 2 more

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Article in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 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

12 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Vincent Chin-Hung ChenDepartment of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi 61363, Taiwan.
Yi-Hsuan HsiehSchool of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan.
Tzu-Chin LinBethel Psychiatric Clinic, Taipei 11074, Taiwan.
Mong-Liang LuDepartment of Psychiatry, Wan-Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11696, Taiwan.
Yin-To LiaoDepartment of Psychiatry, Chung Shan Medical University and Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung 40201, Taiwan.
Yao-Hsu YangHealth Information and Epidemiology Laboratory, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi 61363, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-8080-0504
Tsai-Ching HsuClinical Laboratory, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung 40201, Taiwan.
Robert StewartInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London WC2R 2LS, UK.
Jun-Cheng WengDepartment of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi 61363, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-7616-6216
Min-Jing LeeDepartment of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi 61363, Taiwan.
Wei-Che ChiuDepartment of Psychiatry, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei 10686, Taiwan.
Bor-Show TzangClinical Laboratory, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung 40201, Taiwan.
Chang Gung University · TWChung Shan Medical University Hospital · TWBali Psychiatric Center · TWChiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · TWFu Jen Catholic University · TWKing's College London · GBWan Fang Hospital · TW

Funding

Chiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital CMRPG6E0273, CORPG6G0102, CORPG6G0162Medical Research Council MC_PC_17214
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

antipsychoticscolorectal cancerrisperidoneSW480Taiwan National Health Insurance

Identifiers

PMID32545657
PMCPMC7352868
OpenAlexW3035563609

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