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ArticleMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2023

Cancer Treatment Closer to the Patient Reduces Travel Burden, Time Toxicity, and Improves Patient Satisfaction, Results of 546 Consecutive Patients in a Northern Italian District.

Luigi Cavanna, Chiara Citterio, Patrizia Mordenti, Manuela Proietto, Costanza Bosi, Stefano Vecchia

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Article in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

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

  1. Time toxicity in cancer care: a systematic review of definitions and measurement methods.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
    Pooled it
  2. Experiences and coping strategies of time toxicity in young and middle-aged patients with lymphoma: a descriptive qualitative study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  4. "You lose a day for every appointment": A qualitative study of how rural versus urban residence shapes cancer care experiences in Northeast Scotland.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  6. Patient-, care partner-, and clinician-proposed solutions to address the time toxicity of cancer care.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  11. Revisiting Alma Ata: A Blueprint for Cancer Care.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Luigi CavannaCasa di Cura Piacenza, Internal Medicine and Oncology, Via Morigi 3, 29121 Piacenza, Italy.
Chiara CitterioDepartment of Oncology and Hematology, AUSL Piacenza, Via Taverna 49, 29121 Piacenza, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2119-775X
Patrizia MordentiDepartment of Oncology and Hematology, AUSL Piacenza, Via Taverna 49, 29121 Piacenza, Italy.
Manuela ProiettoDepartment of Oncology and Hematology, AUSL Piacenza, Via Taverna 49, 29121 Piacenza, Italy.
Costanza BosiDepartment of Oncology and Hematology, AUSL Piacenza, Via Taverna 49, 29121 Piacenza, Italy.
Stefano VecchiaPharmacy Unit, AUSL Piacenza, Via Taverna 49, 29121 Piacenza, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0578-0870
Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Piacenza · ITOspedaliera di Piacenza · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsPatient SatisfactionHospitalsHumansRetrospective StudiesTravelcancer patientsrural patientstime toxicitytravel burden

Identifiers

PMID38138224
PMCPMC10744793
OpenAlexW4389312581

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Registered trials

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