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ReviewPathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Carcinoma of the Larynx: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.

Marcos Antonio Pereira de Lima, Álife Diêgo Lima Silva, Antônio Carlos Silva do Nascimento Filho, Thiago Lima Cordeiro, João Pedro de Souza Bezerra, Maria Aline Barroso Rocha, Sally de França Lacerda Pinheiro, Roberto Flávio Fontenelle Pinheiro Junior, Maria do Socorro Vieira Gadelha, Cláudio Gleidiston Lima da Silva

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In one paragraph

Review in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 34% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Comprehensive Single-Cell RNA Atlas of Human Laryngeal Normal, Preneoplastic, and Tumorigenic States.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025
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  4. Review
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  7. Updates on Larynx Cancer: Risk Factors and Oncogenesis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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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

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marcos Antonio Pereira de LimaSchool of Medicine, Federal University of Cariri, UFCA, Barbalha 63180-000, Ceará, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-8127-7308
Álife Diêgo Lima SilvaSchool of Medicine, Federal University of Cariri, UFCA, Barbalha 63180-000, Ceará, Brazil.
Antônio Carlos Silva do Nascimento FilhoSchool of Medicine, Federal University of Cariri, UFCA, Barbalha 63180-000, Ceará, Brazil.
Thiago Lima CordeiroSchool of Medicine, Federal University of Cariri, UFCA, Barbalha 63180-000, Ceará, Brazil.
João Pedro de Souza BezerraSchool of Medicine, Federal University of Cariri, UFCA, Barbalha 63180-000, Ceará, Brazil.
Maria Aline Barroso RochaSchool of Medicine, Federal University of Cariri, UFCA, Barbalha 63180-000, Ceará, Brazil.
Sally de França Lacerda PinheiroSchool of Medicine, Federal University of Cariri, UFCA, Barbalha 63180-000, Ceará, Brazil.
Roberto Flávio Fontenelle Pinheiro JuniorSchool of Medicine, Federal University of Cariri, UFCA, Barbalha 63180-000, Ceará, Brazil.
Maria do Socorro Vieira GadelhaSchool of Medicine, Federal University of Cariri, UFCA, Barbalha 63180-000, Ceará, Brazil.
Cláudio Gleidiston Lima da SilvaSchool of Medicine, Federal University of Cariri, UFCA, Barbalha 63180-000, Ceará, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Cariri · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past few decades, several publications have investigated the role of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas, and an increasing number of them have shown its presence in laryngeal tumors. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the association of EBV with laryngeal carcinoma. The search was carried out in two databases, Scopus and PubMed, using the following terms: "Epstein-Barr virus" and "laryngeal carcinoma". A total of 187 records were found, of which 31 were selected for meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The meta-analysis yielded an overall pooled prevalence of 43.72% (95% confidence interval (CI): 34.35-53.08). Studies carried out in Europe and Eurasia had slightly higher pooled prevalence than other subgroups, while the prevalence of studies performed in developed countries was higher than in developing countries (46.37% vs. 34.02%). Furthermore, laryngeal carcinoma occurred almost three times as often among EBV-infected individuals compared to those without EBV infection (odds ratio = 2.86 (95% CI: 1.18-6.90); Begg's test,

Indexed as

carcinogenesisEpstein-Barr virus (EBV)laryngeal carcinomaoncovirus

Identifiers

PMID34832585
PMCPMC8618428
OpenAlexW3211143144

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