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Trial reportIntegrative cancer therapies

The Auxiliary Effects of Low-Molecular-Weight Fucoidan in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy Before Surgery: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study.

Hsiang-Lin Tsai, Yung-Sung Yeh, Po-Jung Chen, Yu-Tang Chang, Yen-Cheng Chen, Wei-Chih Su, Tsung-Kun Chang, Ching-Wen Huang, Jaw-Yuan Wang

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Integrative cancer therapies. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 17 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

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hsiang-Lin TsaiKaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Yung-Sung YehKaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Po-Jung ChenKaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Yu-Tang ChangKaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Yen-Cheng ChenKaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Wei-Chih SuKaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Tsung-Kun ChangKaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Ching-Wen HuangKaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Jaw-Yuan WangKaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-7705-2621
Kaohsiung Medical University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with cancer use low-molecular-weight fucoidan (LMF) as a supplement to therapy. However, most studies of LMF are

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsExanthemaRectal NeoplasmsChemoradiotherapyDouble-Blind MethodHumansNeoadjuvant TherapyNeoplasm StagingPolysaccharidesPruritusQuality of LifeAntineoplastic AgentsfucoidanPolysaccharidesdisease-free survivallocally advanced rectal cancerlow-molecular-weight fucoidanoverall survivalquality of life

Identifiers

PMID37822243
PMCPMC10571697
OpenAlexW4387563543

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