Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33319499›Full record

ArticleJournal of applied clinical medical physics2020

We are ready for clinical implementation of Carbon Ion Radiotherapy in the United States.

Chris Beltran, Richard A Amos, Yi Rong

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Article in Journal of applied clinical medical physics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
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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

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

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

3 authors.

Chris BeltranDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
Richard A AmosProton and Advanced Radiotherapy Group, Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London, UK.
Yi RongDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Heavy Ion RadiotherapyCarbonHumansRadiotherapyUnited StatesCarbon

Identifiers

PMID33319499
PMCPMC7769388

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