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ReviewCancers2021

Models for Translational Proton Radiobiology-From Bench to Bedside and Back.

Theresa Suckert, Sindi Nexhipi, Antje Dietrich, Robin Koch, Leoni A Kunz-Schughart, Emanuel Bahn, Elke Beyreuther

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Motion-based tissueClinical and translational radiation oncology · 2026
    Article
  3. Review
  4. Effect of FLASH proton therapy on primary bronchial epithelial cell organoids.Clinical and translational radiation oncology · 2025
    Article
  5. NRG Oncology White Paper on the Relative Biological Effectiveness in Proton Therapy.International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics · 2025
    Review
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. 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

7 authors.

Theresa SuckertOncoRay-National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01309 Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0380-9772
Sindi NexhipiOncoRay-National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01309 Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9886-4517
Antje DietrichOncoRay-National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01309 Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9783-1104
Robin KochHeidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9702-3812
Leoni A Kunz-SchughartOncoRay-National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01309 Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3912-6594
Emanuel BahnHeidelberg Institute of Radiation Oncology (HIRO), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3214-467X
Elke BeyreutherOncoRay-National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01309 Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0582-1444

Funding

Alois Hirdt-Erben und Wieland-Stiftung n.a.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The number of proton therapy centers worldwide are increasing steadily, with more than two million cancer patients treated so far. Despite this development, pending questions on proton radiobiology still call for basic and translational preclinical research. Open issues are the on-going discussion on an energy-dependent varying proton RBE (relative biological effectiveness), a better characterization of normal tissue side effects and combination treatments with drugs originally developed for photon therapy. At the same time, novel possibilities arise, such as radioimmunotherapy, and new proton therapy schemata, such as FLASH irradiation and proton mini-beams. The study of those aspects demands for radiobiological models at different stages along the translational chain, allowing the investigation of mechanisms from the molecular level to whole organisms. Focusing on the challenges and specifics of proton research, this review summarizes the different available models, ranging from in vitro systems to animal studies of increasing complexity as well as complementing in silico approaches.

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cell culturein silico modelingmouse modelorganoidspreclinical modelsproton RBEproton therapytissue slice culturetoxicityzebrafish

Identifiers

PMID34439370
PMCPMC8395028

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