Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36729355›Full record

ReviewCurrent nutrition reports2023

The Role of Cow's Milk Consumption in Breast Cancer Initiation and Progression.

Bodo C Melnik, Swen Malte John, Pedro Carrera-Bastos, Loren Cordain, Claus Leitzmann, Ralf Weiskirchen, Gerd Schmitz

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Review in Current nutrition reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
7.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Bodo C MelnikDepartment of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine and Health Theory, University of Osnabrück, D-49076, Osnabrück, Germany. melnik@t-online.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4501-1809
Swen Malte JohnDepartment of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine and Health Theory, University of Osnabrück, D-49076, Osnabrück, Germany.
Pedro Carrera-BastosCenter for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University/Region Skåne, Skåne University Hospital, 205 02, Malmö, Sweden.
Loren CordainColorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Claus LeitzmannInstitute of Nutrition, University of Giessen, 35390, Giessen, Germany.
Ralf WeiskirchenInstitute of Molecular Pathobiochemistry, Experimental Gene Therapy and Clinical Chemistry (IFMPEGKC), RWTH University Hospital Aachen, D-52074, Aachen, Germany.
Gerd SchmitzInstitute for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital of Regensburg, University of Regensburg, D-93053, Regensburg, Germany.
Osnabrück University · DEColorado State University · USJustus-Liebig-Universität Gießen · DELund University · SEUniversitätsklinikum Aachen · DEUniversity Hospital Regensburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThis review evaluates cow milk's impact on breast carcinogenesis by linking recent epidemiological evidence and new insights into the molecular signaling of milk and its constituents in breast cancer (BCa) pathogenesis. RECENT

findingsRecent prospective cohort studies support the association between cow's milk consumption and the risk of estrogen receptor-α-positive (ER

Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsMicroRNAsAlpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTOAnimalsCarcinogenesisCattleFemaleHumansInsulin-Like Growth Factor IMilkAlpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTOFTO protein, humanInsulin-Like Growth Factor IMicroRNAsBRCA1Breast cancerCow’s milk consumptionEstrogensExosomal microRNAsFat mass and obesity-associated geneInsulin-like growth factor 1

Identifiers

PMID36729355
PMCPMC9974716
OpenAlexW4318911777

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