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ArticleMaedica2022

Mastitis and Risk of Breast Cancer: a Case Control-Retrospective Study and Mini-Review.

Anastasia Bothou, Stefanos Zervoudis, Panagiota Pappou, Georgios Tsatsaris, Aggeliki Gerede, Georgios Dragoutsos, Anna Chalkidou, Konstantinos Nikolettos, Panagiotis Tsikouras

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Article in Maedica, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mastitis as a risk factor for breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
    Pooled it
  2. The Role of Selected Bacteria in Breast Cancer Initiation and Development.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  6. Mammalian Species-Specific Resistance to Mammary Cancer.Journal of mammary gland biology and neoplasia · 2025
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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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Anastasia BothouDepartment of Midwifery, University of West Attica (UniWA), Athens, Greece.
Stefanos ZervoudisREA Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Panagiota PappouDepartment of Midwifery, University of West Attica (UniWA), Athens, Greece.
Georgios TsatsarisDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece.
Aggeliki GeredeDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece.
Georgios DragoutsosDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece.
Anna ChalkidouDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece.
Konstantinos NikolettosDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece.
Panagiotis TsikourasDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece.
Democritus University of Thrace · GRAlexandra Hospital · GRUniversity of West Attica · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Identifiers

PMID36540583
PMCPMC9720655
OpenAlexW4312095446

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.