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ArticleInternational journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics2025

CO

Elizabeth Svoboda, Mélanie Benoit, Chelsea Almadin, Valérie Archer-Déjoie, Coralie Michaud, Julie Lacaille, Laurence Simard-Émond, Annick Pina, François Gougeon, Marie-Hélène Mayrand

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Article in International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. COInternational journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Elizabeth SvobodaUniversité de Montréal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Mélanie BenoitUniversité de Montréal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Chelsea AlmadinUniversité de Montréal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Valérie Archer-DéjoieDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Coralie MichaudDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Julie LacailleUniversité de Montréal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Laurence Simard-ÉmondUniversité de Montréal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Annick PinaUniversité de Montréal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
François GougeonUniversité de Montréal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Marie-Hélène MayrandUniversité de Montréal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1073-6199

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo compare topical imiquimod with CO

methodsThis retrospective chart-based cohort study included 47 patients initially treated with topical imiquimod or CO

resultsSixty-six percent (31/47) of patients were initially treated with topical imiquimod and 34% (16/47) with CO

conclusionTopical imiquimod has similar efficacy and safety to CO

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsImiquimodLasers, GasSquamous Intraepithelial LesionsVulvar NeoplasmsAdministration, TopicalAdultAgedFemaleHumansMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTreatment FailureAntineoplastic AgentsImiquimodefficacyimiquimodlasersafetytreatment failurevulvar high‐grade squamous intraepithelial lesionsvulvar intraepithelial neoplasia

Identifiers

PMID40116157
PMCPMC12255928

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