Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34572272›Full record

ReviewBiomedicines2021

The Role of Curcumin in Cancer Treatment.

Vasiliki Zoi, Vasiliki Galani, Georgios D Lianos, Spyridon Voulgaris, Athanasios P Kyritsis, George A Alexiou

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In one paragraph

Review in Biomedicines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 141 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
141citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
11.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

141 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 277 citations in OpenAlex.

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81 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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.

Vasiliki ZoiNeurosurgical Institute, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, 45500 Ioannina, Greece.
Vasiliki GalaniDepartment of Anatomy Histology-Embryology, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, 45500 Ioannina, Greece.
Georgios D LianosDepartment of Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, 45500 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6106-8178
Spyridon VoulgarisNeurosurgical Institute, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, 45500 Ioannina, Greece.
Athanasios P KyritsisNeurosurgical Institute, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, 45500 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0370-1024
George A AlexiouNeurosurgical Institute, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, 45500 Ioannina, Greece.
University of Ioannina · GRUniversity Hospital of Ioannina · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Curcumin is a polyphenol extracted from the rhizomes of the turmeric plant,

Indexed as

cancercell signaling pathwayscurcumin

Identifiers

PMID34572272
PMCPMC8464730
OpenAlexW3195878212

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Registered trials

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