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ReviewMedical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran2020

Cost-effectiveness analysis of intraoperative radiation therapy versus external beam radiation therapy for the adjuvant treatment of early breast cancer: A systematic review.

Mahmoud Eisavi, Aziz Rezapour, Vahid Alipour, Hamid Reza Mirzaei, Jalal Arabloo

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Review in Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 48% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The evolution of targeted intra operative radiotherapy in early breast cancer.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2025
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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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mahmoud EisaviFaculty of Economics, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.
Aziz RezapourHealth Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Vahid AlipourHealth Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hamid Reza MirzaeiCancer Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Jalal ArablooHealth Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Iran University of Medical Sciences · IRAllameh Tabataba'i University · IRShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Breast cancerCost-effectiveness analysisExternal beam radiation therapyIntraoperative radiation therapySystematic review

Identifiers

PMID33816366
PMCPMC8004571
OpenAlexW3113157419

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Registered trials

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