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ReviewJournal of contemporary brachytherapy2019

Current state of interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy) education in Italy: results of the INTERACTS survey.

Luca Tagliaferri, György Kovács, Cynthia Aristei, Vitaliana De Sanctis, Fernando Barbera, Alessio Giuseppe Morganti, Calogero Casà, Bradley Rumwell Pieters, Elvio Russi, Lorenzo Livi and 6 more

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Review in Journal of contemporary brachytherapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

  1. Can interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy) be an alternative to surgery in early-stage oral cavity cancer? A systematic review.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2024
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  7. Survey on brachytherapy training among radiation oncology residents in the German-speaking regions of Europe.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Luca TagliaferriChair of the Brachytherapy, Interventional Radiotherapy and IORT Study Group of the Italian Radiotherapy and Clinical Oncology Society (AIRO); Gemelli ART (Advanced Radiation Therapy), UOC Radioterapia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
György KovácsINTERACTS (Interventional Radiotherapy Active Teaching School) Educational Program Director; Head, Interdisciplinary Brachytherapy Unit, University of Lübeck/UKSH CL, Lübeck, Germany.
Cynthia AristeiPast Chair of AIRO Brachytherapy study group; Head, Radiation Oncology Section, Department of Surgery and Biomedical Sciences, University of Perugia and Perugia General Hospital, Perugia, Italy.
Vitaliana De SanctisDeputy Chair of the Brachytherapy, Interventional Radiotherapy and IORT AIRO Study Group; Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicina e Psicologia, Sant'Andrea Hospital, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
Fernando BarberaBoard Member of the Brachytherapy, Interventional Radiotherapy and IORT AIRO Study Group; Head, Brachytherapy Section, Radiation Oncology Department, Spedali Civili Hospital and Brescia University, Brescia, Italy.
Alessio Giuseppe MorgantiMember of the Scientific Committee and Teacher, INTERACTS School; Head, Radiation Oncology Center, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Calogero CasàNational Coordinator of Resident Physician Department (SIMS) of the Italian Young Doctors Association (SIGM); Istituto di Radiologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Bradley Rumwell PietersAmsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Elvio RussiAIRO Past President; Head, Radiotherapy Unit, Ospedale S. Croce e Carle, Cuneo, Italy.
Lorenzo LiviChair of the Section for Radiation Oncology Schools, National College of Professors of Radiology, Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine; Head, Radiation Oncology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Renzo CorvòChair of the Scientific Commission, AIRO; Head, Radiation Oncology Department, IRCCS San Martino-IST, National Cancer Research Institute, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Andrea GiovagnoniChair of the National College of Professors of Radiology, Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine; Head, Radiology Department, University of Ancona, Ancona, Italy.
Umberto RicardiChair of the Department of Oncology; Head, Radiation Oncology Department, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Vincenzo ValentiniHead, Gemelli ART (Advanced Radiation Therapy) - UOC Radioterapia - Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Stefano Maria MagriniAIRO President; Chairman, Radiation Oncology Section, National College of Professors of Radiology, Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine; Head, Radiation Oncology Department, Spedali Civili Hospital and Brescia University, Brescia, Italy.
Directors of the Italian Radiation Oncology Schools

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeIncreased complexity of interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy - BT) treatment planning and quality control procedures has led to the need of a specific training. However, the details of the features of BT learning objectives and their distribution in the training paths of the Italian Radiation Oncology Schools are not known. This paper aims to provide the actual 'state-of-the-art' of BT education in Italy and to stimulate the debate on this issue. MATERIAL AND

methodsAll the Italian radiation oncology schools' directors (SD) were involved in a web survey, which included questions on the teaching of BT, considering also the 2011 ESTRO core curriculum criteria. The survey preliminary results were discussed at the 8

resultsA total of 23 SDs answered the survey. The results evidenced a wide heterogeneity in the learning activities available to trainees in BT across the country. While theoretical knowledge is adequately and homogeneously transmitted to trainees, the types of practice to which they are exposed varies significantly among different schools.

conclusionsThis survey proves the need for an improvement of practical BT education in Italy and the advisability of a national BT education programme networking schools of different Universities. Beside the organization of national/international courses for BT practical teaching, Universities may also establish post-specialization courses ('second level' Masters) to allow professionals (already certified in radiation oncology) to acquire more advanced BT knowledge.

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brachytherapyinterventional radiotherapysurveyteaching

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PMCPMC6431105

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