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ArticleThe Lancet. Global health2022

The evidence gap between alcohol consumption and oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in east Africa - Authors' reply.

Valerie McCormack, Daniel R S Middleton, Blandina T Mmbaga, Diana Menya, Charles Dzamalala, Gissela Nyakunga-Maro, Peter Finch, Yohannie Mlombe, Joachim Schüz

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Article in The Lancet. Global health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Valerie McCormackEnvironment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon 69008, France. Electronic address: mccormackv@iarc.fr.
Daniel R S MiddletonEnvironment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon 69008, France.
Blandina T MmbagaKilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, Moshi, Tanzania; Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania; Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania.
Diana MenyaSchool of Public Heath, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya.
Charles DzamalalaMalawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
Gissela Nyakunga-MaroKilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, Moshi, Tanzania; Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania; Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania.
Peter FinchQueen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi.
Yohannie MlombeMalawi College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
Joachim SchüzEnvironment and Lifestyle Epidemiology Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon 69008, France.

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Esophageal NeoplasmsEsophageal Squamous Cell CarcinomaAfrica, EasternAlcohol DrinkingHumansRisk Factors

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PMID35427516
PMCPMC9023750

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