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ArticleScience translational medicine2013

New paradigms and future challenges in radiation oncology: an update of biological targets and technology.

Stanley L Liauw, Philip P Connell, Ralph R Weichselbaum

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Article in Science translational medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 124 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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124citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

124 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Stanley L LiauwDepartment of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Philip P Connell
Ralph R Weichselbaum

Funding

SUPPRESSIVE ROLE OF ANDROGEN RESPONSE GENE CALRETICULIN IN PROSTATE CANCERP50CA090386 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI CRAWFORD, SUSAN · 2001 to 2013
$25.1M
Virus Production CoreP01CA071933 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI WEICHSELBAUM, RALPH R · 1997 to 2013
$14.5M
RAD51 Inhibitors for Chemotherapy and Radiation TherapyR01CA142642 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI CONNELL, PHILIP P · 2010 to 2019
$4.8M
NCI NIH HHS CA142642-02 2010-2015NCI NIH HHS P01 CA071933NCI NIH HHS P50 CA090386NCI NIH HHS P50 CA090386 2001-2014NCI NIH HHS R01 CA142642
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Radiation oncology exploits the biological interaction of radiation within tissue to promote tumor death while minimizing damage to surrounding normal tissue. The clinical delivery of radiation relies on principles of radiation physics that define how radiation energy is deposited in the body, as well as technology that facilitates accurate tumor targeting. This review will summarize the current landscape of recent biological and technological advances in radiation oncology, describe the challenges that exist, and offer potential avenues for improvement.

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Radiation OncologyHumans

Identifiers

PMID23427246
PMCPMC3769139

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