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SynthesisJournal of surgical oncology2022

COVID-19 infection and its consequences among surgical oncology patients: A systematic analysis, meta-analysis and meta-regression.

Mona Kamal, Massimo Baudo, Shon Shmushkevich, Yimin Geng, Ehab Hanna, Ryan P Goepfert, Carol M Lewis, Mohamed Rahouma

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Synthesis in Journal of surgical oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 39% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
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

8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Mona KamalDepartment of Symptom Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1626-2657
Massimo BaudoDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Shon ShmushkevichDepartment of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Yimin GengDivision of Education & Training, Research Medical Library, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Ehab HannaDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Ryan P GoepfertDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Carol M LewisDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Mohamed RahoumaDepartment of Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USAzienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia · ITCairo University · EGPenn Presbyterian Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We conducted this meta-analysis to address the outcomes in cancer patients after oncologic surgery during COVID-19 pandemic. The primary endpoint was the COVID-19-related mortality rate. Higher body mass index was significantly and negatively associated with higher all-cause mortality and in-hospital COVID-19 infection rates. Male sex, preoperative respiratory disease, and smoking history were positively and significantly associated with increased all-cause mortality rates. Furthermore, male sex was positively and significantly associated with the COVID-19 infection rate.

Indexed as

COVID-19NeoplasmsHumansMaleMedical OncologyPandemicsRisk FactorsSARS-CoV-2Sex FactorsSmokingcancerCOVID-19meta-analysismortalitysurgery

Identifiers

PMID35014703
PMCPMC9015254
OpenAlexW4205426006

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