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SynthesisFrontiers in oncology2020

Impact of Sex and Smoking on the Efficacy of EGFR-TKIs in Terms of Overall Survival in Non-small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Meta-Analysis.

Jian Xiao, Liang Zhou, Bixiu He, Qiong Chen

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Sex-related differences in the efficacy and toxicity of cancer treatments.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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  7. Screening for Lung Cancer, Overdiagnosis, and Healthcare Utilization: A Nationwide Population-Based Study.Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer · 2025
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  12. Can we cure metastaticTranslational cancer research · 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jian XiaoDepartment of Geriatrics, Respiratory Medicine, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
Liang ZhouDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan, China.
Bixiu HeDepartment of Geriatrics, Respiratory Medicine, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
Qiong ChenDepartment of Geriatrics, Respiratory Medicine, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
Xiangya Hospital Central South University · CNThe Fourth People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitormeta-analysisnon-small-cell lung canceroverall survivalsex

Identifiers

PMID32984005
PMCPMC7477328
OpenAlexW3080843259

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