Sun Yixian, Wu Jinyao, Tian Huiting, Qiu Xiuhua, Fang Ying, Xiao Yingjie, Zheng Jiehua, Zhou Yanqiong
Department of Thyroid, Breast, and Hernia Surgery, General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
Department of Educational Administration Office/Humanistic Education, Shantou University Medical College, Guangdong, China.
Front Oncol. 2023 Feb 23;13:1104531. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1104531. eCollection 2023.
We used bibliometric methods to evaluate the global scientific output of palliative care breast cancer research and to explore the current status and further research directions in the field over the past decade.
All relevant publications from the year 2012 to 2022 were retrieved from Web of Science. We applied VOSviewer and Bibliometrix R v4.2.1 to obtain information on subject domains, annual publication output and citations, countries and authors with the highest productivity, influential journals and articles, and popular keywords.
In total, 1529 publications were included in the final analysis. Health services and supportive care, pain and symptom management were the focus of the research in the field. From the year 2017 to 2021, the annual publication output was abundant and peaked in 2018. The systematic review by Fitzmaurice et al. in 2017 was the most-cited publication. The United States was the leading country with the maximum number of publications, citations, and link strengths with other countries. The most contributing institution was University of Toronto. E. Bruera was the most prolific author, ranking first among the authors in both the H and M index. The journal with the most publications was . Keywords analysis indicated that exploring the significant degree of palliative care to reduce anxiety and depression in breast cancer patients may be a good research direction. In addition, how to assess the optimal timing of palliative care interventions and further exploring the specific contradiction between insufficient medical resources and palliative care are also possible research directions.
Palliative care plays an important role in the treatment of breast cancer. With the help of a scientometric analysis in this field, researchers can clarify the current research status and hotspots worth fully exploring.
我们采用文献计量学方法评估姑息治疗乳腺癌研究的全球科学产出，并探讨该领域在过去十年的现状及未来研究方向。
从科学网检索2012年至2022年的所有相关出版物。我们应用VOSviewer和Bibliometrix R v4.2.1获取有关主题领域、年出版物产出和引用情况、生产力最高的国家和作者、有影响力的期刊和文章以及热门关键词的信息。
最终分析共纳入1529篇出版物。卫生服务与支持性护理、疼痛与症状管理是该领域研究的重点。2017年至2021年，年出版物产出丰富，并于2018年达到峰值。Fitzmaurice等人于2017年发表的系统评价是被引用次数最多的出版物。美国是发表数量、引用次数以及与其他国家的链接强度最高的主要国家。贡献最大的机构是多伦多大学。E. Bruera是产量最高的作者，在H指数和M指数方面均位居作者之首。发表文章最多的期刊是 。关键词分析表明，探索姑息治疗对减轻乳腺癌患者焦虑和抑郁的显著程度可能是一个良好的研究方向。此外，如何评估姑息治疗干预的最佳时机以及进一步探索医疗资源不足与姑息治疗之间的具体矛盾也是可能的研究方向。
姑息治疗在乳腺癌治疗中发挥着重要作用。借助该领域的科学计量分析，研究人员可以阐明当前的研究现状以及值得充分探索的热点问题。
