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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2021

Omega-3 Fatty Acids Supplementation Improve Nutritional Status and Inflammatory Response in Patients With Lung Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Mingjin Cheng, Shengqiang Zhang, Chengdong Ning, Qianlun Huo

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Article in Frontiers in nutrition, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Comparison of EPA and DHA&EPA on body weight, BMI, and lean body mass in cancer patients: a network meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mingjin ChengDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Lu'an Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University, Lu'an, China.
Shengqiang ZhangDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Lu'an Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University, Lu'an, China.
Chengdong NingDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Lu'an Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University, Lu'an, China.
Qianlun HuoDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Lu'an Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University, Lu'an, China.
Lu'an First People's Hospital · CNAnhui Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

inflammationlung cancernutritionomega-3 fatty acidssupplement

Identifiers

PMID34395492
PMCPMC8362886
OpenAlexW3184775172

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