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SynthesisNutrients2020

The Impact of Plant-Based Dietary Patterns on Cancer-Related Outcomes: A Rapid Review and Meta-Analysis.

Esther Molina-Montes, Elena Salamanca-Fernández, Belén Garcia-Villanova, Maria José Sánchez

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
58citing papers in PubMed, 9 pooled it
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

58 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Diets, Dietary Patterns, Single Foods and Pancreatic Cancer Risk: An Umbrella Review of Meta-Analyses.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  11. Practical recommendations for exercise and nutrition in patients with lung cancer.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  12. Modulation ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  15. Adherence to pro-vegetarian dietary patterns and gastric cancer risk: a pooled analysis of the StoP Consortium.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2026
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Esther Molina-MontesDepartment of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Granada, 18014 Granada, Spain.
Elena Salamanca-FernándezInstituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, 18012 Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1795-2206
Belén Garcia-VillanovaDepartment of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Granada, 18014 Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5114-300X
Maria José SánchezInstituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, 18012 Granada, Spain.
Universidad de Granada · ESInstituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-term cancer survivors represent a sizeable portion of the population. Plant-based foods may enhance the prevention of cancer-related outcomes in these patients. We aimed to synthesize the current evidence regarding the impact of plant-based dietary patterns (PBDPs) on cancer-related outcomes in the general population and in cancer survivors. Considered outcomes included overall cancer mortality, cancer-specific mortality, and cancer recurrence. A rapid review was conducted, whereby 2234 original articles related to the topic were identified via Pubmed/Medline. We selected 26 articles, which were classified into studies on PBDPs and cancer outcomes at pre-diagnosis: vegan/vegetarian diet (

Indexed as

Diet, MediterraneanDiet, VegetarianNeoplasmsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRecurrenceYoung Adultcancerdiet qualityMediterranean dietmortalityplant-based foodsurvivalveganvegetarian

Identifiers

PMID32640737
PMCPMC7400843
OpenAlexW3039335834

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Registered trials

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