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ArticlePractical radiation oncology

Treatment of bilateral breast cancer and regional nodes using an opposed lateral beam arrangement.

Ahsan S Farooqi, Tzouh-Liang Sun, Sandy Thang, Simona F Shaitelman

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Article in Practical radiation oncology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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

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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ahsan S FarooqiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Tzouh-Liang SunDepartment of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Sandy ThangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Simona F ShaitelmanDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. Electronic address: sfshaitelman@mdanderson.org.

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Scott Kopetz · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Lymphatic and systemic immunity changes in post-radiation lymphedema developmentR01CA201487 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI ALDRICH, MELISSA B · 2016 to 2020
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NCI NIH HHS R01 CA201487
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Breast NeoplasmsFemaleHumansLymph NodesMiddle Aged

Identifiers

PMID28867548
PMCPMC5772782

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