Radiotherapy in older women with low-risk breast cancer: why did practice not change?

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.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Lumpectomy plus tamoxifen with or without irradiation in women age 70 years or older with early breast cancer: long-term follow-up of CALGB 9343.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2013
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2. Older age and comorbidity in breast cancer: is RT alone the new therapeutic frontier?Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2020
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3. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy and hypofractionated volumetric modulated arc therapy for elderly patients with breast cancer: comparison of acute and late toxicities.La Radiologia medica · 2019
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4. Can Interrogation of Tumour Characteristics Lead us to Safely Omit Adjuvant Radiotherapy in Patients with Early Breast Cancer?Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)) · 2018
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5. Efficacy of single-stage breast-conserving treatment using multicatheter partial breast brachytherapy evaluated by GEC-ESTRO phase 3 trial.Journal of contemporary brachytherapy · 2017
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6. Treatment variation in patients diagnosed with early stage breast cancer in Alberta from 2002 to 2010: a population-based study.BMC health services research · 2015
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7. Application of a decision analytic framework for adoption of clinical trial results: are the data regarding TARGIT-A IORT ready for prime time?Breast cancer research and treatment · 2014
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8. Radiotherapy issues in elderly breast cancer patients.Breast care (Basel, Switzerland) · 2012
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9. When are breast cancer patients old enough for the quitclaim of local control?Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2012
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  Assessing the impact of a cooperative group trial on breast cancer care in the medicare population.2012

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