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ArticleJAMA oncology2020

Association of Impaired Spermatogenesis With the Use of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma.

Jason M Scovell, Karl Benz, Iryna Samarska, Taylor P Kohn, Jody E Hooper, Andres Matoso, Amin S Herati

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Article in JAMA oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. [Fertility and fertility preservation in men].Dermatologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jason M ScovellScott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Karl BenzJames Buchanan Brady Urological Institutions, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
Iryna SamarskaDepartment of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
Taylor P KohnJames Buchanan Brady Urological Institutions, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
Jody E HooperDepartment of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
Andres MatosoDepartment of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
Amin S HeratiJames Buchanan Brady Urological Institutions, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
Johns Hopkins University · USBaylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AdultAgedAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsIpilimumabMaleMelanomaMiddle AgedNivolumabSpermatogenesisTestisYoung AdultAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsIpilimumabNivolumabpembrolizumab

Identifiers

PMID32556068
PMCPMC7303895
OpenAlexW3036842305

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.