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SynthesisBioMed research international2020

Evaluation of the Combined Application of AFP, AFP-L3%, and DCP for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Diagnosis: A Meta-analysis.

Xueying Wang, Yangyu Zhang, Na Yang, Hua He, Xuerong Tao, Changgui Kou, Jing Jiang

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Synthesis in BioMed research international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
43citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

43 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Hepatocellular Carcinoma: The Search for an Optimal Screening Test.Middle East journal of digestive diseases · 2025
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  19. Prevention in Hepatology.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Xueying WangDivision of Clinical Research, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China.
Yangyu ZhangDivision of Clinical Research, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7579-1888
Na YangDivision of Clinical Research, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5033-0978
Hua HeDivision of Clinical Research, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0015-8396
Xuerong TaoDivision of Clinical Research, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8970-6936
Changgui KouDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9544-4066
Jing JiangDivision of Clinical Research, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9714-9255
Jilin University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of

Indexed as

alpha-FetoproteinsBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, HepatocellularHumansLiver NeoplasmsProthrombinAFP protein, humanalpha-FetoproteinsBiomarkers, TumorProthrombin

Identifiers

PMID33015170
PMCPMC7519464
OpenAlexW3087371465

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