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ReviewBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2018

Palliative radiotherapy.

Katie Spencer, Rhona Parrish, Rachael Barton, Ann Henry

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In one paragraph

Review in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06299176 (Phase 1 Feasibility and Safety of Whole Heart Radiotherapy for End-stage Heart Failure), which is not on this map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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.

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.

NCT06299176 phase1enrolling by invitationnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Phase 1 Feasibility and Safety of Whole Heart Radiotherapy for End-stage Heart Failure: First In-human Treatments

TypeinterventionalSponsorMcGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health CentreRan2025 to 2026Enrolled6ConditionsHeart Failure NYHA Class III, Heart Failure NYHA Class IV, End-stage Heart Failure, Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection FractionArmsWhole Heart Radiation Therapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Feasibility, safety, and clinical outcomes analysis of dense-lattice radiation therapy in palliative care for cancer patients´.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  15. Percutaneous mechanical support in catheter ablation of ventricular arrhythmias: hype or hope?Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Katie SpencerLeeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9NL, UK katie.spencer1@nhs.net.
Rhona ParrishGarforth Medical Centre, Garforth, Leeds LS25 1HB, UK.
Rachael BartonQueen's Centre for Oncology and Haematology, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham HU16 5JQ, UK.
Ann HenryLeeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9NL, UK.

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/N021339/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Adrenal Cortex HormonesAnalgesicsAntiemeticsHumansNeoplasmsPain ManagementPalliative CareRadiotherapySurveys and QuestionnairesUnited KingdomAdrenal Cortex HormonesAnalgesicsAntiemetics

Identifiers

PMID29572337
PMCPMC5865075

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