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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2021

Astragalus-Containing Chinese Herbal Medicine Combined With Chemotherapy for Cervical Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Lei Shen, Si Ra Gwak, Zhen Yang Cui, Jong Cheon Joo, Soo Jung Park

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Analysis of the effects of postoperative cluster nursing care on the incidence rate of postoperative complications and nutritional indicators in patients with primary laryngeal cancer.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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  3. International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
    Review
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  5. Research Progress on the Treatment of Related Diseases WithDrug design, development and therapy · 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 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Lei ShenAerospace Center Hospital, Beijing, China.
Si Ra GwakDepartment of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, South Korea.
Zhen Yang CuiRehabilitation Medicine College, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China.
Jong Cheon JooDepartment of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, South Korea.
Soo Jung ParkDepartment of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Woosuk University, Jeonju, South Korea.
Wonkwang University · KRAerospace Center Hospital · CNWeifang Medical University · CNWoosuk University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

astragaluscervical cancerchemotherapyChinese herbal medicinemeta-analysissystematic review

Identifiers

PMID34393766
PMCPMC8361476
OpenAlexW3189693969

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Registered trials

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