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ReviewReports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology

Cardiotoxicity of radiation therapy in esophageal cancer.

Milan Vošmik, Miroslav Hodek, David Buka, Petra Sýkorová, Jakub Grepl, Petr Paluska, Simona Paulíková, Igor Sirák

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Review in Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Milan VošmikDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
Miroslav HodekDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
David BukaDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
Petra SýkorováDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
Jakub GreplDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
Petr PaluskaDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
Simona PaulíkováDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
Igor SirákDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
University Hospital Hradec Králové · CZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With a development of radiotherapeutic techniques, availability of radiotherapy data on cardiotoxicity, and slowly improving esophageal cancer outcomes, an increasing emphasis is placed on the heart protection in radiation treated esophageal cancer patients. Radiation induced heart complications encompass mainly pericardial disease, cardiomyopathy, coronary artery atherosclerosis, valvular heart disease, and arrhythmias. The most frequent toxicity is pericardial effusion which is usually asymptomatic in the majority of patients. The use of modern radiotherapy techniques is expected to reduce the risk of cardiotoxicity, although this expectation has to be confirmed by clinical data.

Indexed as

Cardiac toxicityEsophageal cancerRadiation therapy

Identifiers

PMID32194352
PMCPMC7078499
OpenAlexW3007791574

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