Comment on Katsarelias, D., et al. "The Effect of Beta-Adrenergic Blocking Agents in Cutaneous Melanoma-A Nation-Wide Swedish Population-Based Retrospective Register Study"

Vincenzo de Giorgi, Luciana Trane, Federico Venturi, Flavia Silvestri, Federica Scarfì, Sara Gandini

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Article in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it

0cells of the map it votes in

0citing papers in PubMed

–field-weighted citation impact, top 79% 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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Vincenzo de GiorgiDepartment of Dermatology, University of Florence, 50132 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6531-7998

Luciana TraneDepartment of Dermatology, University of Florence, 50132 Florence, Italy.

Federico VenturiDepartment of Dermatology, University of Florence, 50132 Florence, Italy.

Flavia SilvestriDepartment of Dermatology, University of Florence, 50132 Florence, Italy.

Federica ScarfìDepartment of Dermatology, University of Florence, 50132 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8911-9152

Sara GandiniDepartment of Experimental Oncology, IEO European Institute of Oncology IRCSS, 20121 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1348-4548

University of Florence · ITEuropean Institute of Oncology · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We read the paper by Katsarelias et al. with great interest, regarding the effect of beta-adrenergic blocking agents on cutaneous melanoma [1]. However, the study presents some methodology biases that do not allow us to support the authors' conclusions. The paper suffers from the unification and evaluation of multiple registries, which do not provide essential data for any of the targets for research. Unlike studies in the literature [...].

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PMID33396915

DOI10.3390/cancers13010095

PMCPMC7795615

OpenAlexW3115846060

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