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ArticleJournal of lasers in medical sciences2024

Evaluation of the Effect of Photobiomodulation on Radiation-Induced Xerostomia in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Pegah Mosannen Mozaffari, Zahra Delavarian, Reza Fekrazad, Azar Fani Pakdel, Mahdokht Rashed Mohassel, Mohammad Taghi Shakeri, Ala Ghazi

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Article in Journal of lasers in medical sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 5 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pegah Mosannen MozaffariOral and Maxillofacial Diseases Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0996-1193
Zahra DelavarianOral and Maxillofacial Diseases Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7658-176X
Reza FekrazadRadiation Sciences Research Center, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5188-8829
Azar Fani PakdelCancer Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Mahdokht Rashed MohasselPrivate Dentist, Mashhad, Iran.
Mohammad Taghi ShakeriSocial Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Ala GhaziOral and Maxillofacial Diseases Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0064-1233
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences · IRAja University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Head and neck cancerHyposalivationLow-level laserPhotobiomodulationXerostomia

Identifiers

PMID38655042
PMCPMC11033859
OpenAlexW4394975848

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.