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ArticleMedicine2020

Efficacy and safety of Xihuang pill for lung cancer: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.

Junwei Wang, Daorui Hou, Yahui Peng, Jian Xiong, Lu Xiong

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Article in Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Junwei WangDepartment of Traditional Chinese Medicine Oncology, Guang'anmen Hospital South District.
Daorui HouDepartment of Traditional Chinese Medicine Oncology, The First People's Hospital of Xiangtan City, Xiangtan, Hunan Province.
Yahui PengBeijing Shahe Hospital.
Jian XiongDepartment of Oncology, Guang'anmen Hospital, Beijing, China.
Lu XiongDepartment of Oncology, Guang'anmen Hospital, Beijing, China.
Guang’anmen Hospital · CNXiangyang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundXihuang pill, a famous traditional Chinese medicine formulation, is a broad-spectrum anti-tumor drug and has been widely used for the treatment of lung cancer in China. The aim of this study is to systematically investigate the efficacy and safety of Xihuang pill for the treatment of lung cancer.

methodsWe will perform the comprehensive literature search in the following databases from their inceptions to August 2020 for data extraction: PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Embase, the China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang Database, Chinese Science and Technology Periodical Database, and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database. Cochrane Risk of Bias tool will be used to assess the risk of bias of included studies. The RevMan 5.4 and Stata 16.0 software will be applied for statistical analyses. Statistical heterogeneity will be computed by I tests. Sensitivity analysis will be conducted to evaluate the stability of the results. The publication bias will be evaluated by funnel plots and Egger test. The quality of evidence will be assessed by the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluate system (GRADE) system.

resultsThe results of our research will be published in a peer-reviewed journal.

conclusionThe conclusion of this study will provide evidence to show whether Xihuang pill is an effective intervention for patient with lung cancer. OSF REGISTRATION NUMBER: 10.17605/OSF.IO/W2GHN.

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Administration, OralAntineoplastic AgentsDrugs, Chinese HerbalHumansLung NeoplasmsMeta-Analysis as TopicResearch DesignSystematic Reviews as TopicTabletsAntineoplastic AgentsDrugs, Chinese HerbalTabletsxihuang

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PMID33031291
PMCPMC7544367
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