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ArticleCancers2021

Beneficial Prognostic Effects of Aspirin in Patients Receiving Sorafenib for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Tale of Multiple Confounders.

Luca Ielasi, Francesco Tovoli, Matteo Tonnini, Raffaella Tortora, Giulia Magini, Rodolfo Sacco, Tiziana Pressiani, Franco Trevisani, Vito Sansone, Giovanni Marasco and 2 more

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Article in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Meta-Analysis of Statin Use and Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Canadian journal of gastroenterology & hepatology · 2022
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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

12 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Luca IelasiDivision of Internal Medicine, Hepatobiliary and Immunoallergic Diseases, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4162-2319
Francesco TovoliDivision of Internal Medicine, Hepatobiliary and Immunoallergic Diseases, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8350-1155
Matteo TonniniDivision of Internal Medicine, Hepatobiliary and Immunoallergic Diseases, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Raffaella TortoraLiver Unit, Department of Transplantation, Cardarelli Hospital, 80131 Naples, Italy.
Giulia MaginiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, 24127 Bergamo, Italy.
Rodolfo SaccoGastroenterology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, 56126 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9887-7315
Tiziana PressianiHumanitas Cancer Center, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, 20089 Milan, Italy.
Franco TrevisaniDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6393-6995
Vito SansoneDivision of Internal Medicine, Hepatobiliary and Immunoallergic Diseases, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Giovanni MarascoDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
Fabio PiscagliaDivision of Internal Medicine, Hepatobiliary and Immunoallergic Diseases, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8264-1845
Alessandro GranitoDivision of Internal Medicine, Hepatobiliary and Immunoallergic Diseases, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0637-739X
Azienda USL di Bologna · ITFatebenefratelli Hospital · ITIRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital · ITMedica (Italy) · ITOspedale Papa Giovanni XXIII · ITUniversity of Foggia · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Case-control observational studies suggested that aspirin might prevent hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in high-risk patients, even if randomized clinical trials are lacking. Information regarding aspirin in subjects who already developed HCC, especially in its advanced stage, are scarce. While aspirin might be a low-cost option to improve the prognosis, multiple confounders and safety concerns are to be considered. In our retrospective analyses of a prospective dataset (

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aspirinhepatocellular carcinomaliver cancerliver cirrhosisoutcomesorafenibsystemic treatment

Identifiers

PMID34944996
PMCPMC8699252
OpenAlexW4200227582

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