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ArticleJournal of contemporary brachytherapy2021

Novel method of combined photon beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy for treatment of extensive advanced scalp squamous cell carcinoma.

Mostafa Farzin, Ramin Jaberi, Fatemeh Jafari, Mohsen Najafi, Kasra Kolahdouzan

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Article in Journal of contemporary brachytherapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 52% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Mostafa FarzinBrain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ramin JaberiRadiation Oncology Department, Yas General Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Fatemeh JafariRadiation Oncology Research Center, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohsen NajafiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Institute, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Kasra KolahdouzanRadiation Oncology Research Center, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRCancer Institute (WIA) · INDay General Hospital · IRImam Khomeini Hospital · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Radiotherapy of extensive malignant scalp lesions has always been a challenge for radiation oncologists considering the proximity of critical structures. We treated a 39-year-old patient with extensive scalp squamous cell carcinoma with application of adjuvant concurrent chemoradiation and external beam radiation therapy (EBRT), followed by high-dose-rate (HDR) surface brachytherapy boost using an exclusively designed mould, and assessed the radiation dose reaching planning target volume, brain, and optic structures. Comparison between conventional planning with sole EBRT and combined treatment planning with EBRT and brachytherapy, assured the use of the latter treatment to avoid high radiation doses from reaching critical organs at risk without compromising the required dose for planning target volume.

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brachytherapyradiation therapyscalp squamous cell carcinoma

Identifiers

PMID34025742
PMCPMC8117713
OpenAlexW3131609402

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