ReviewCurrent oncology reports2016
Brachytherapy in Gynecologic Cancers: Why Is It Underused?
Review in Current oncology reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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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.
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Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Article
- Updated Trends in the Utilization of Brachytherapy in Cervical Cancer in the United States: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End-Results Study.International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics · 2024Article
- Survey on brachytherapy training among radiation oncology residents in the German-speaking regions of Europe.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2023Article
- Global challenges of radiotherapy for the treatment of locally advanced cervical cancer.International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society · 2022Review
- Practical brachytherapy solutions to an age-old quandary.Technical innovations & patient support in radiation oncology · 2020Review
- Global Collaborations for Cervical Cancer: Can the East-West Alliance Facilitate Treatment for all?Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)) · 2019Review
- Effect of radiotherapy on the survival of cervical cancer patients: An analysis based on SEER database.Medicine · 2019Article
- External Radiation and Brachytherapy Resource Deficit for Cervical Cancer in India: Call to Action for Treatment of All.Journal of global oncology · 2019Article
- Too many women are dying from cervix cancer: Problems and solutions.Gynecologic oncology · 2018Review
- Accurate model-based segmentation of gynecologic brachytherapy catheter collections in MRI-images.Medical image analysis · 2017Article
- Addressing the burden of cervical cancer through IAEA global brachytherapy initiatives.BrachytherapyReview
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
Abstract
Despite its established efficacy, brachytherapy is underused in the management of cervical and vaginal cancers in some parts of the world. Possible reasons for the underutilization of brachytherapy include the adoption of less invasive techniques, such as intensity-modulated radiotherapy; reimbursement policies favoring these techniques over brachytherapy; poor physician or patient access to brachytherapy; inadequate maintenance of brachytherapy skills among practicing radiation oncologists; transitioning to high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy with increased time requirements; and insufficient training of radiation oncology residents.
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