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SynthesisFrontiers in neurology2020

Carmustine as a Supplementary Therapeutic Option for Glioblastoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Zhi-Ze Xiao, Ze-Fen Wang, Tian Lan, Wen-Hong Huang, Yu-Hang Zhao, Chao Ma, Zhi-Qiang Li

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in neurology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
44citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

44 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 76 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zhi-Ze XiaoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Ze-Fen WangDepartment of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Tian LanDepartment of Neurosurgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Wen-Hong HuangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Yu-Hang ZhaoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Chao MaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Zhi-Qiang LiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University · CNWuhan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

carmustine (BCNU)chemotherapyglioblastomameta-analysisoverall survival (OS)

Identifiers

PMID33041980
PMCPMC7527463
OpenAlexW3086351378

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