Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33507680›Full record

ArticleAsian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP2021

Volumetric-Modulated Arc Radiotherapy with Daily Image-Guidance Carries Better Toxicity Profile for Higher Risk Prostate Cancer.

Ahmad I Ghanem, Amr A Elsaid, Mohamed A Elshaikh, Gehan A Khedr

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Article
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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ahmad I GhanemDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Henry Ford Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3396-6763
Amr A ElsaidDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-0264-1744
Mohamed A ElshaikhDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Henry Ford Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Gehan A KhedrDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-3634-3956
Alexandria University · EGThe Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo compare radiotherapy-induced toxicity for localized prostate-cancer (PCa) treated with versus without daily image-guidance. PATIENTS AND

methodsWe identified consecutive intermediate and high-risk localized PCa patients treated with definitive radiotherapy using intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) with variable duration of androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) within 2015-2016 (Arm-A) and 2005-2007 (Arm-B). Arm-A cases received daily online imaging guidance (IGRT) using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) unlike Arm-B candidates with no daily IGRT. After reporting demographic, clinico-pathological features and treatment details, we compared acute (within 3 months post-therapy) and late RT-induced toxicities between study groups graded by RTOG/CTCAE criteria. Uni/multivariate analyses (UVA/MVA) were performed to identify independent predictors for RT-related side-effects.

resultsWe were able to identify 257 cases who met our inclusion criteria. Overall, median age was 73 years (48-85), 67% had intermediate-risk and 47% received ADT. Arm-A included 72 patients who received IMRT delivered using volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT), whereas, Arm-B was formed of 185 cases who utilized step-and-shoot static IMRT. Clinico-pathological features and treatment details were non-different across study arms except that Arm-A had more Grade Group 3, higher median total dose (79.2 vs. 74 Gy) and more pelvic lymph-nodes RT (p <0.05). Although acute toxicity was similar across groups, Arm-B encountered higher late toxicity score, more intense late genitourinary side-effects (P=0.008), with non-different late lower-gastrointestinal toxicities. On MVA, lack of daily CBCT, African-American race and higher comorbidities were independently predictive for late toxicities.  Conclusion: IMRT with daily CBCT permitted safe delivery of dose-escalated IMRT with improved toxicity profile for higher-risk prostate cancer.

Indexed as

AgedAged, 80 and overCone-Beam Computed TomographyFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisProspective StudiesProstatic NeoplasmsRadiation InjuriesRadiotherapy DosageRadiotherapy, Image-GuidedRadiotherapy, Intensity-ModulatedRetrospective StudiesAcute and late toxicityimage-guided radiotherapyIntensity modulated RadiotherapyIntermediate and high-riskLocalized prostate cancer

Identifiers

PMID33507680
PMCPMC8184174
OpenAlexW3126140123

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.