Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29888161›Full record

ArticleCureus2018

Magnetic Resonance Imaging-guided Brachytherapy Re-irradiation for Isolated Local Recurrence of Soft Tissue Sarcoma.

Noelia Sanmamed, Alejandro Berlin, Akbar Beiki-Ardakani, Heather Ballantyne, Anna Simeonov, Peter Chung

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Article in Cureus, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Noelia SanmamedRadiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto / University of Toronto, Toronto, CAN.
Alejandro BerlinRadiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto / University of Toronto, Toronto, CAN.
Akbar Beiki-ArdakaniRadiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto / University of Toronto, Toronto, CAN.
Heather BallantyneRadiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto / University of Toronto, Toronto, CAN.
Anna SimeonovRadiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto / University of Toronto, Toronto, CAN.
Peter ChungRadiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto / University of Toronto, Toronto, CAN.
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Management options for locally recurrent sarcoma of the pelvis in patients previously treated with external beam radiation and surgery are limited. Pelvic exenteration is often the only viable but unattractive option. We present a patient with recurrent myxoid round cell liposarcoma of the ischiorectal fossa treated in 2013 with preoperative radiation (50 Gy in 25 fractions) and subsequent wide local resection. Four years later, a follow-up magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan demonstrated a 1 x 1 cm T2 hypointense soft tissue pre-sacral nodule consistent with local recurrence (LR). The patient declined posterior pelvic exenteration and was treated with 12 Gy using high dose rate brachytherapy (BT) under MRI-guidance followed by a further external beam radiation to a dose of 30 Gy in 15 fractions.

Indexed as

brachytherapymri-guidedrecurrencesarcoma

Identifiers

PMID29888161
PMCPMC5991927
OpenAlexW2796683660

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