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Prognostic and Clinicopathologic Significance of Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Esophageal Cancer: An Update Meta-Analysis.

Binfeng Li, Fei Xiong, Shengzhong Yi, Sheng Wang

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Synthesis in Technology in cancer research & treatment. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in unresectable or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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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

4 authors.

Binfeng Li117922Hubei Cancer Hospital, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3977-2959
Fei Xiong117922Hubei Cancer Hospital, Wuhan, China.
Shengzhong Yi117922Hubei Cancer Hospital, Wuhan, China.
Sheng Wang117922Hubei Cancer Hospital, Wuhan, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Leukocyte CountLymphocyte CountNeutrophil InfiltrationDisease ProgressionEsophageal NeoplasmsHumansLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm StagingOdds RatioPrognosisProportional Hazards ModelsPublication BiasSurvival AnalysisTumor Burdenesophageal cancerinflammationmeta-analysisneutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratioprogression

Identifiers

PMID35025614
PMCPMC8785352

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