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ArticleMedical physics2020

Needle-free cervical cancer treatment using helical multishield intracavitary rotating shield brachytherapy with the

Karolyn M Hopfensperger, Quentin Adams, Yusung Kim, Xiaodong Wu, Weiyu Xu, Kaustubh Patwardhan, Bounnak Thammavong, Joseph Caster, Ryan T Flynn

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Article in Medical physics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

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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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Karolyn M HopfenspergerDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, 1402 Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
Quentin AdamsDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
Yusung KimDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
Xiaodong WuDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Iowa, 4016 Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
Weiyu XuDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Iowa, 4016 Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
Kaustubh PatwardhanDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
Bounnak ThammavongBounnak Thammavong Artworks, 33060 Dawn Drive, Kingston, IL, 60145, USA.
Joseph CasterDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
Ryan T FlynnDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA.
University of Iowa · USEngineering Arts (United States) · US

Funding

Viral VectorP30CA086862 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Douglas Robert Spitz · 2000 to 2026
$70.0M
Developing a Treatment Planning System for Next Generation Rotating-Shield BrachytherapyR01EB020665 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI WU, XIAODONG · 2015 to 2018
$1.5M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB020665
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo assess the capability of an intracavitary

methodsA helically threaded tandem applicator with a 45° tandem curvature containing a helically threaded catheter was designed. A 0.6 mm diameter

resultsFor the IC, IC/IS, and RSBT treatment plans, 38%, 84%, and 86% of the plans, respectively, met the planning goal of an HR-CTV D

conclusion

Indexed as

RotationBrachytherapyFemaleHumansRadiation ProtectionRadioisotopesRadiotherapy DosageRadiotherapy Planning, Computer-AssistedUterine Cervical NeoplasmsYtterbiumRadioisotopesYtterbiumYtterbium-169169Ybcervical cancerHDR brachytherapyintensity-modulated brachytherapy

Identifiers

PMID32073669
PMCPMC7377278
OpenAlexW3008715996

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