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ReviewTanaffos2023

A Comprehensive Study on the Correlation of Treatment, Diagnosis and Epidemiology of Tuberculosis and Lung Cancer.

Mojgan Sheikhpour, Seyedeh Nasim Mirbahari, Makan Sadr, Mobina Maleki, Mohadeseh Arabi, Hanie Abolfathi

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Review in Tanaffos, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A competing TMPO-AS1-let-7b-5p-kinesin superfamily RNA network predicts poor lung cancer patient survival.Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology · 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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mojgan SheikhpourDepartment of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
Seyedeh Nasim MirbahariReproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
Makan SadrVirology Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mobina MalekiDepartment of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
Mohadeseh ArabiDepartment of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
Hanie AbolfathiDepartment of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
Pasteur Institute of Iran · IRRoyan Institute · IRShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The correlation between tuberculosis (TB) and lung cancer (LC) in diagnosis, epidemiology, and treatment is still unclear. Based on different cohort and retrospective studies, this correlation could be justified by immune weakness because of exposure to TB which may increase the risk of LC. In this study, we tried to exhibit a prominent connection between TB and LC. The diagnosis and treatment of patients with concomitant TB and LC differ from patients with only one of the diseases. In this review, it was well clarified that the most practical diagnostic method for LC is chest tomography, biopsy, and histopathology, and for pulmonary TB sputum microscopic examination, Autofluorescence bronchoscopy (AFB), culture, and PCR. Also, immunological methods can be a good alternative for differential diagnosis. Most epidemiological studies were about concomitant TB and LC in TB-endemic areas, especially in the Middle East. The most suggested methods for definite treatment of LC are chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery while for TB, a long course of anti-TB therapy can be used. Moreover, immunotherapy is considered a good treatment for lung cancer if the interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) is negative.

Indexed as

Differential diagnosisEpidemiologyLung cancerTreatmentTuberculosis

Identifiers

PMID37920308
PMCPMC10618578
OpenAlexW4388302671

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