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ReviewCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2021

Local Chemotherapy as an Adjuvant Treatment in Unresectable Squamous Cell Carcinoma: What Do We Know So Far?

Luigi Bennardo, Francesco Bennardo, Amerigo Giudice, Maria Passante, Stefano Dastoli, Pietro Morrone, Eugenio Provenzano, Cataldo Patruno, Steven Paul Nisticò

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In one paragraph

Review in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
43citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.7field-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

43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  9. Non-Surgical Therapeutic Strategies for Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers.Current treatment options in oncology · 2023
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  10. FMISO-Based Adaptive Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022
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  19. Sequential Use of COMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022
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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

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luigi BennardoUnit of Dermatology, Mariano Santo Hospital, 87100 Cosenza, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0434-1027
Francesco BennardoDepartment of Health Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Amerigo GiudiceDepartment of Health Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5091-6979
Maria PassanteDepartment of Health Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Stefano DastoliDepartment of Health Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Pietro MorroneUnit of Dermatology, Mariano Santo Hospital, 87100 Cosenza, Italy.
Eugenio ProvenzanoUnit of Dermatology, Mariano Santo Hospital, 87100 Cosenza, Italy.
Cataldo PatrunoDepartment of Health Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Steven Paul NisticòDepartment of Health Sciences, Magna Graecia University, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.
Magna Graecia University · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Squamous CellSkin NeoplasmsFluorouracilHumansImiquimodNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalFluorouracilImiquimod5-fluorouracilimiquimodsquamous cell carcinoma

Identifiers

PMID34201867
PMCPMC8293038
OpenAlexW3176223776

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

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