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ArticleInternational journal of cancer2022

Selenium and cancer risk: Wide-angled Mendelian randomization analysis.

Shuai Yuan, Amy M Mason, Paul Carter, Mathew Vithayathil, Siddhartha Kar, Stephen Burgess, Susanna C Larsson

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Article in International journal of cancer, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Shuai YuanUnit of Cardiovascular and Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-5055-5627
Amy M MasonBritish Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Paul CarterDepartment of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Mathew VithayathilMRC Cancer Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Siddhartha KarMRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Stephen BurgessMRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Susanna C LarssonUnit of Cardiovascular and Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-0118-0341
University of Cambridge · GBKarolinska Institutet · SEUniversity of Bristol · GBUppsala University · SE

Funding

British Heart Foundation CH/12/2/29428British Heart Foundation RG/13/13/30194British Heart Foundation RG/18/13/33946Department of Health IS-BRC-1215-20014Medical Research Council MC_PC_17228Medical Research Council MC_QA137853Medical Research Council MC_UU_00002/7Medical Research Council MR/T043202/1Wellcome Trust 204623Wellcome Trust 204623/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Evidence on the association between selenium and cancer risk is inconclusive. We conducted a Mendelian randomization study to examine the associations of selenium levels with 22 site-specific cancers and any cancer. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) strongly associated with toenail and blood (TAB) and blood selenium levels in mild linkage disequilibrium (r

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HumansKidney NeoplasmsMendelian Randomization AnalysisMultiple MyelomaNailsPolymorphism, Single NucleotideSeleniumSeleniumcancerkidney cancerMendelian randomizationselenium

Identifiers

PMID34910310
PMCPMC7613914
OpenAlexW4200030805

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