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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2024

Impact of oseltamivir on the risk of cancer.

Pei-Hua Chuang, Bor-Show Tzang, Chih-Chen Tzang, Chun-Ching Chiu, Chun-Yu Lin, Tsai-Ching Hsu

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Impact of Oseltamivir and Diabetes Development.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Pei-Hua ChuangInstitute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Bor-Show TzangInstitute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Chih-Chen TzangSchool of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chun-Ching ChiuInstitute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Chun-Yu LinDivision of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Tsai-Ching HsuInstitute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Chung Shan Medical University Hospital · TWChanghua Christian Hospital · TWChung Shan Medical University · TWNational Taiwan University · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: Mounting evidence has revealed the anti-cancer activity of various anti-viral drugs. Oseltamivir phosphate (OP), namely Tamiflu Methods: A nationwide population-based cohort study involving 13,977,101 cases with 284,733 receiving OP was performed to examine the association between OP use and cancers using the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan between 2009 and 2018. Results: The cohort study found that OP users showed a significantly lower incidence of lung cancer, colon cancer, liver, and intrahepatic bile duct cancer, oral cancer, pancreas cancer, esophagus cancer, stomach cancer, and prostate cancer. Additionally, OP users exhibited a lower risk of cancer-related mortality (adjusted HR=0.779; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.743-0.817; p<0.001) and a reduced risk of developing liver cancer (adjusted HR=0.895; 95% CI 0.824-0.972; p=0.008), esophagus cancer (adjusted HR=0.646; 95% CI 0.522-0.799; p<0.001) and oral cancer (adjusted HR=0.587; 95% CI 0.346-0.995; p=0.048). Notably, OP users had a significant reduction in liver cancer occurrence over a 10-year period follow-up and a lower cancer stage at liver cancer diagnosis. Conclusion: These findings first suggest the beneficial effects and therapeutic potential of OP use for certain cancers, especially liver cancer.

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anti-viral drugscancercohort studyliver canceroseltamivir phosphate (OP)

Identifiers

PMID38469236
PMCPMC10925756
OpenAlexW4392161939

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