An efficient planning technique for low dose whole lung radiation therapy for covid-19 pandemic patients.

Lulin Yuan, Siyong Kim, Jatinder Palta, Michael P Hagan

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Article in Physics and imaging in radiation oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

Lung Cancer and Heart Disease Risks Associated With Low-Dose Pulmonary Radiotherapy to COVID-19 Patients With Different Background Risks.International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lulin YuanDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23219, United States.

Siyong KimDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23219, United States.

Jatinder PaltaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23219, United States.

Michael P HaganDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23219, United States.

Virginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to establish an efficient planning technique for low dose whole lung treatment that can be implemented rapidly and safely. The treatment technique developed here relied only on chest radiograph and a simple empirical monitor unit calculation formula. The 3D dose calculation in real patient anatomy, including both nonCOVID and COVID-19 patients, which took into account tissue heterogeneity showed that the dose delivered to lungs had reasonable uniformity even with this simple and quick setup.

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COVID-19 pandemic patientsEfficient planning techniqueLDIRLow dose whole lung radiation therapyLung consolidation

Identifiers

PMID33072896

DOI10.1016/j.phro.2020.10.004

PMCPMC7550039

OpenAlexW3092575598

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