阿拉伯国家和瘤学临床试验:一个图书识别分析
Humaid O Al-Shamsi1,2,3,4,5, Ibrahim Abu-Gheida1, Kareem Sameh6
1Burjeel Cancer Institute, Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 92510, United Arab Emirates.
Cancers
|September 28, 2023
概括
阿拉伯国家的癌症研究正在增长,但参与治疗试验仍然有限. 国际合作和资金对于扩大瘤学研究和改善该地区患者结果至关重要.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 临床试验 临床试验
- 图书统计学 图书统计学
背景情况:
- 癌症是阿拉伯国家日益严重的健康问题,癌症概况的区域差异很大.
- 在阿拉伯地区,瘤学研究成果有限,癌症试验参与数据稀缺.
研究的目的:
- 探索过去20年 (2000-2021) 阿拉伯国家的治疗癌症试验格局.
- 分析阿拉伯地区癌症临床试验参与,资助和合作的趋势.
主要方法:
- 对PubMed数据库的图书统计分析.
- 包括治疗试验的初级出版物,至少有一个阿拉伯中心参与其中.
主要成果:
- 阿拉伯国家在2000年至2021年期间参与了320项已公布的与癌症相关的治疗试验.
- 观察到试验数量,样本大小,多区域参与和随机试验的持续增加.
- 与联合非阿拉伯网站的试验更大,更有可能获得外部资助,并且与仅针对阿拉伯地区的试验相比,引用率和期刊影响因素更高.
- 大多数试验规模小,缺乏外部资金,只涉及一个阿拉伯地区.
结论:
- 尽管在进行和出版方面有所改善,但阿拉伯国家的癌症试验参与仍然有限.
- 鼓励赞助和促进国际合作对于推动该地区的瘤学研究至关重要.
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