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ArticleCureus2020

Prostate Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy With Halcyon 2.0: Treatment Plans Comparison Based on RTOG 0938 Protocol.

Yücel Altundal, Fulya Cifter, Guangwei Mu, James Lee, Elisa J Wu, Vincent Yeung, Alan Katz

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Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing 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

3 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

7 authors.

Yücel AltundalMedical Physics, Flushing Radiation Oncology Services, Flushing, USA.
Fulya CifterMedical Physics, Precess Medical, Short Hills, USA.
Guangwei MuMedical Physics, Flushing Radiation Oncology Services, Flushing, USA.
James LeeRadiation Oncology, Flushing Radiation Oncology Services, Flushing, USA.
Elisa J WuRadiation Oncology, Flushing Radiation Oncology Services, Flushing, USA.
Vincent YeungRadiation Oncology, Flushing Radiation Oncology Services, Flushing, USA.
Alan KatzRadiation Oncology, St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose The aim of this study is to investigate the feasibility of prostate stereotactic body radiation therapy treatment with a newly developed Varian Halcyon

Indexed as

cyberknifehalcyonradiotherapyrtog 0938sbrt

Identifiers

PMID33391899
PMCPMC7772112

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