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ArticleZhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences2022

Role of metformin in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Shize Xiong, Wei Liu

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Article in Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences, 2022. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 59% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Exploration of safety indicators for radiotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma: A real-world study.Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shize XiongFirst College of Clinical Medical Science, China Three Gorges University; Institute of Digestive Disease, China Three Gorges University; Department of Gastroenterology, Yichang Central People's Hospital, Yichang Hubei 443000, China. 1099005708@qq.com.
Wei LiuFirst College of Clinical Medical Science, China Three Gorges University; Institute of Digestive Disease, China Three Gorges University; Department of Gastroenterology, Yichang Central People's Hospital, Yichang Hubei 443000, China. liuwei@ctgu.edu.cn.
China Three Gorges University · CN

Funding

the National Natural Science Foundation of China 31600134
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the most common malignant tumors in the world. Although there are many options for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma, such as surgical resection, interventional therapy, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, targeted therapy and liver transplantation, the poor therapeutic effect seriously reduces the quality of life for patients and also increases the social and economic burden. Metformin is originally used as the first-line drug for type 2 diabetes, but it has been found to play a certain effect in the prevention and treatment of malignant tumor. The potential roles of metformin against hepatocellular carcinoma, such as regulation of the microenvironment, proliferation signal pathway, metabolism, invasion and metastasis, apoptosis, autophagy, and epigenetics of hepatoma cells. It provides a new choice for the prevention and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Liver NeoplasmsMetforminCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationHumansQuality of LifeTumor MicroenvironmentMetforminhepatocellular carcinomamechanism of actionmetformin

Identifiers

PMID35545330
PMCPMC10930065
OpenAlexW4280624377

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