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ReviewTherapeutic advances in respiratory disease

Advances in proton therapy in lung cancer.

Melissa A L Vyfhuis, Nasarachi Onyeuku, Tejan Diwanji, Sina Mossahebi, Neha P Amin, Shahed N Badiyan, Pranshu Mohindra, Charles B Simone

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Review in Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  15. Current status and application of proton therapy for esophageal cancer.Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology · 2021
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  17. A review of deep learning based methods for medical image multi-organ segmentation.Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB) · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Melissa A L VyfhuisMaryland Proton Treatment Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Nasarachi OnyeukuMaryland Proton Treatment Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Tejan DiwanjiMaryland Proton Treatment Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Sina MossahebiMaryland Proton Treatment Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Neha P AminMaryland Proton Treatment Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Shahed N BadiyanMaryland Proton Treatment Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Pranshu MohindraMaryland Proton Treatment Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Charles B SimoneMaryland Proton Treatment Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 850 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0867-3694

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States (US) and worldwide. Radiation therapy is a mainstay in the treatment of locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and serves as an excellent alternative for early stage patients who are medically inoperable or who decline surgery. Proton therapy has been shown to offer a significant dosimetric advantage in NSCLC patients over photon therapy, with a decrease in dose to vital organs at risk (OARs) including the heart, lungs and esophagus. This in turn, can lead to a decrease in acute and late toxicities in a population already predisposed to lung and cardiac injury. Here, we present a review on proton treatment techniques, studies, clinical outcomes and toxicities associated with treating both early stage and locally advanced NSCLC.

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Proton TherapyAnimalsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungHumansLung NeoplasmsNeoplasm StagingRisk FactorsTreatment Outcomenon-small cell lung cancerpencil beam scanningproton therapyradiation therapytoxicities

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PMID30014783
PMCPMC6050808

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