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ArticleFrontiers in public health2024

About cancer screenings and saving lives: measuring the effects of cancer screening programs through meta-analyses-A comment to the meta-analysis "Estimated Lifetime Gained With Cancer Screening Tests" by Bretthauer et al. (2023).

Fabrizio Stracci, Domenico Martinelli, Francesca Maria Anedda, Marta Caminiti, William Mantovani, Valentina Pettinicchio, Alessandra Sinopoli, Francesco Vitale, Roberta Siliquini, Walter Mazzucco

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Deceptive Measures of "Success" in Early Cancer Detection.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Fabrizio StracciSection of Public Health, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
Domenico MartinelliHygiene Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Policlinico Foggia Hospital, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
Francesca Maria AneddaScreening Reference Center, Cagliari Local Health Unit, Cagliari, Italy.
Marta CaminitiSchool of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
William MantovaniClinical and Evaluative Epidemiology Unit, Local Health Trust, Trento, Italy.
Valentina PettinicchioScreening Reference Center, Department of Prevention, Roma 1 Local Health Unit, Rome, Italy.
Alessandra SinopoliDepartment of Prevention, Roma 1 Local Health Unit, Rome, Italy.
Francesco VitaleDepartment of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Roberta SiliquiniDepartment of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Walter MazzuccoDepartment of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Early Detection of CancerMeta-Analysis as TopicHumansMass ScreeningNeoplasmsall-cause mortalitycancercancer-specific mortalityfollow-up timelifetime gainedscreening efficacyscreening programssecondary prevention

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PMID38680938
PMCPMC11047044

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