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ArticleCancers2020

Radiation-Induced Hypothyroidism in Patients with Oropharyngeal Cancer Treated with IMRT: Independent and External Validation of Five Normal Tissue Complication Probability Models.

Zuzanna Nowicka, Bartłomiej Tomasik, Anna Papis-Ubych, Robert Bibik, Łukasz Graczyk, Tomasz Latusek, Tomasz Rutkowski, Krystyna Wyka, Jacek Fijuth, Jonathan D Schoenfeld and 2 more

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Article in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Incidence of radiation-induced hypothyroidism following head and neck irradiation: a single-center analysis.Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Zuzanna NowickaDepartment of Biostatistics and Translational Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, 92-215 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-7814-5830
Bartłomiej TomasikDepartment of Biostatistics and Translational Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, 92-215 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5648-345X
Anna Papis-UbychN. Copernicus Memorial Regional Specialist Hospital, Department of Radiotherapy, 95-513 Lodz, Poland.
Robert BibikDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Oncology Center of Radom, 26-600 Radom, Poland.
Łukasz GraczykDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Oncology Center of Radom, 26-600 Radom, Poland.
Tomasz LatusekRadiotherapy Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology (MSCNRIO)-branch in Gliwice, 44-101 Gliwice, Poland.
Tomasz RutkowskiI Radiation and Clinical Oncology Department, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology (MSCNRIO)-branch in Gliwice, 44-101 Gliwice, Poland.
Krystyna WykaDepartment of Pediatrics, Oncology and Hematology, Medical University of Lodz, 91-738 Lodz, Poland.
Jacek FijuthDepartment of Radiotherapy, Medical University of Lodz, 95-513 Lodz, Poland.
Jonathan D SchoenfeldDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Justyna Chałubińska-FendlerDepartment of Radiotherapy, Military Institute of Medicine, 04-349 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4886-7565
Wojciech FendlerDepartment of Biostatistics and Translational Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, 92-215 Lodz, Poland.
Medical University of Lodz · PLThe Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology · PLBrigham and Women's Hospital · USCopernicus Memorial Hospital · PLDana-Farber Cancer Institute · USWojskowy Instytut Medycyny Lotniczej · PL

Funding

Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej First TEAM PBRToxNarodowe Centrum Nauki PRELUDIUM 2016/21/N/NZ5/01938Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lodzi 502-03/1-090-01/502-14-272Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lodzi 503/1-090-03/503-11-001Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lodzi 564/1-000-00/564-20-025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We aimed to externally validate five normal tissue complication probability (NTCP) models for radiation-induced hypothyroidism (RIHT) in a prospectively recruited cohort of 108 patients with oropharyngeal cancer (OPC). NTCP scores were calculated using original published formulas. Plasma thyrotropin (TSH) level was additionally assessed in the short-term after RT. After a median of 28 months of follow-up, thirty one (28.7%) patients developed RIHT. Thyroid mean dose and thyroid volume were significant predictors of RIHT: odds ratio equal to 1.11 (95% CI 1.03-1.19) for mean thyroid dose and 0.87 (95%CI 0.81-0.93) for thyroid volume in univariate analyses. Two of the evaluated NTCP models, published by Rønjom et al. and by Boomsma et al., had satisfactory performance with accuracies of 0.87 (95%CI 0.79-0.93) and 0.84 (95%CI: 0.76-0.91), respectively. Three remaining models, by Cella et al., Bakhshandeh et al. and Vogelius et al., performed significantly worse, overestimating the risk of RIHT in this patient cohort. A short-term TSH level change relative to baseline was not indicative of RIHT development in the follow-up (OR 0.96, 95%CI: 0.65-1.42,

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dose–response relationshiphead and neck neoplasmshypothyroidismNTCPoropharyngeal cancerpatient reported outcome measuresprobabilityradiationradiation injuries

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PMID32971838
PMCPMC7563778
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