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ArticleJournal of contemporary brachytherapy2018

Dosimetric evaluation of Point A and volume-based high-dose-rate plans: a single institution study on adaptive brachytherapy planning for cervical cancer.

Arun George Paul, Adrian Nalichowski, Judith Abrams, Peter Paximadis, Ling Zhuang, Steven Miller

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Article in Journal of contemporary brachytherapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Dose contribution from brachytherapy to the pelvic lymph nodal region during HDR image-guided brachytherapy - a study for rethinking modern volume-based planning.Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Arun George PaulDetroit Medical Center.
Adrian NalichowskiBarbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, USA.
Judith AbramsWayne State University School of Medicine.
Peter PaximadisWayne State University School of Medicine.
Ling ZhuangWayne State University School of Medicine.
Steven MillerWayne State University School of Medicine.
Wayne State University · USThe Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeExternal beam radiation therapy (EBRT) and brachytherapy (BT) with concurrent cisplatin is the standard of care for locally advanced cervical cancer. The applicability of image-guided adaptive volume-based high-dose-rate (HDR) intracavitary brachytherapy planning is an active area of investigation. In this study, we examined whether volume-based HDR-BT (HDR MATERIAL AND

methodsTwo hundred and forty HDR

resultsHDR

conclusionsOur study reports the relative improvement in OAR doses per HDR-BT fraction by HDR

Indexed as

brachytherapycervical cancerHDRimage-guidedPoint Aradiation-planning

Identifiers

PMID30038639
PMCPMC6052381
OpenAlexW2883182477

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