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ArticleJournal of contemporary brachytherapy2019

Carotid dosimetry after re-irradiation with

Amanda Walsh, Emily Hubley, Laura Doyle, David Cognetti, Joseph Curry, Voichita Bar-Ad, Adam Luginbuhl

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Article 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 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 30% 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, 5 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amanda WalshDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Emily HubleyDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Laura DoyleDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
David CognettiDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Joseph CurryDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Voichita Bar-AdDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Adam LuginbuhlDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Thomas Jefferson University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposePermanent seed implant cesium-131 ( MATERIAL AND

methodsEleven patients were implanted with

resultsThe maximum carotid dose was 77 ±52 Gy (range, 3-158 Gy). The closest seed to the carotid artery was 0.8 ±0.8 cm (range, 0.2-2.6 cm). One patient without a flap experienced carotid blowout, which was attributed to a non-healing wound rather than to high radiation doses.

conclusionsCarotid artery doses from

Indexed as

brachytherapycarotid blowoutcesium-131head and neck cancerrecurrent

Identifiers

PMID31447900
PMCPMC6701389
OpenAlexW2965242319

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