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ReviewJournal of Cancer2023

Low Pretreatment Albumin-to-Globulin Ratios Predict Poor Survival Outcomes in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Yun-Ting Wang, Liang-Tseng Kuo, Chia-Hsuan Lai, Yuan-Hsiung Tsai, Yi-Chan Lee, Cheng-Ming Hsu, Chun-Ta Liao, Chung-Jan Kang, Ethan I Huang, Ming-Shao Tsai and 2 more

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Review in Journal of Cancer, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 4 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. A meta-analysis of albumin, globulin, and albumin globulin ratios for predicting prognosis of cervical cancer.European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP) · 2025
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  5. Preoperative Albumin-To-Globulin Ratio, Not Neutrophil-To-Lymphocyte Ratio, Predicts Overall Survival After Total Laryngectomy.Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery · 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

12 authors.

Yun-Ting WangDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan.
Liang-Tseng KuoCollege of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Chia-Hsuan LaiCollege of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Yuan-Hsiung TsaiCollege of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Yi-Chan LeeCollege of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Cheng-Ming HsuDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan.
Chun-Ta LiaoCollege of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Chung-Jan KangCollege of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Ethan I HuangDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan.
Ming-Shao TsaiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan.
Geng-He ChangDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan.
Yao-Te TsaiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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albumin-to-globulin ratiobiomarkerhead and neck cancermeta-analysissurvival outcomes

Identifiers

PMID36741261
PMCPMC9891875

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