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ArticleJournal of radiosurgery and SBRT2020

Stereotactic radiotherapy for large vestibular schwannomas: Volume change following single fraction versus hypofractionated approaches.

Michael Huo, Heath Foley, Mark Pinkham, Mihir Shanker, Anne Bernard, Michael Jenkins, Sarah Olson, Bruce Hall, Trevor Watkins, Catherine Jones and 1 more

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Article in Journal of radiosurgery and SBRT, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.6field-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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 10 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

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michael HuoPrincess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Heath FoleyPrincess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Mark PinkhamPrincess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Mihir ShankerPrincess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Anne BernardQueensland Facility for Advanced Bioinformatics, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Michael JenkinsPrincess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Sarah OlsonPrincess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Bruce HallPrincess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Trevor WatkinsPrincess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Catherine JonesPrincess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Matthew FootePrincess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Princess Alexandra Hospital · AUThe University of Queensland · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy is a treatment option for large vestibular schwannomas supported by an increasing evidence. A single institution retrospective review of large (>3.5cc) vestibular schwannomas treated with hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy and single-session radiosurgery was conducted. Using serial follow up scans, a volumetric analysis of tumor volume change over time was performed. Vestibular schwannomas treated with hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy appeared to reduce in volume significantly faster than those treated with single-session radiosurgery. Cystic lesions reduced in volume faster than solid lesions. There was no significant difference in the rates of radiological and symptomatic oedema, nor subsequent dexamethasone requirement between the two treatment modalities.

Indexed as

acoustic neuromaGamma KniferadiosurgeryradiotherapystereotacticVestibular schwannoma

Identifiers

PMID32802574
PMCPMC7406344
OpenAlexW3081241031

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