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ArticleMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2025

Is the Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio a Predictive Factor of Pathological Complete Response in Egyptian Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy?

Naglaa F Ebaid, Khaled S Abdelkawy, Amira S A Said, Mohamad M Al-Ahmad, Mohamed A Shehata, Heba F Salem, Raghda R S Hussein

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Article in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Naglaa F EbaidClinical Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Menoufia University, Menoufia 32511, Egypt.
Khaled S AbdelkawyClinical Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El Sheikh 33516, Egypt.
Amira S A SaidDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Al Ain P.O. Box 64141, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-6341-3553
Mohamad M Al-AhmadDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Al Ain P.O. Box 64141, United Arab Emirates.
Mohamed A ShehataClinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menofia 32511, Egypt.
Heba F SalemPharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy Department, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62574, Egypt.
Raghda R S HusseinClinical Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62574, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-0503-685X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsLymphocytesNeoadjuvant TherapyNeutrophilsAdultAgedChemotherapy, AdjuvantEgyptFemaleHumansLeukocyte CountMiddle AgedPredictive Value of Testsbreast cancerneoadjuvant chemotherapyneutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratiopathological complete response

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PMID40005444
PMCPMC11857557

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