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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2021

Edoardo Mastella, Silvia Molinelli, Giuseppe Magro, Stefania Russo, Maria Bonora, Sara Ronchi, Rossana Ingargiola, Alexandra D Jensen, Mario Ciocca, Barbara Vischioni and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2021. 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
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

11 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Edoardo MastellaClinical Department, National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy (CNAO), Pavia, Italy.
Silvia MolinelliClinical Department, National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy (CNAO), Pavia, Italy.
Giuseppe MagroClinical Department, National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy (CNAO), Pavia, Italy.
Stefania RussoClinical Department, National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy (CNAO), Pavia, Italy.
Maria BonoraClinical Department, National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy (CNAO), Pavia, Italy.
Sara RonchiClinical Department, National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy (CNAO), Pavia, Italy.
Rossana IngargiolaClinical Department, National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy (CNAO), Pavia, Italy.
Alexandra D JensenDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals Gießen and Marburg (UKGM), Gießen, Germany.
Mario CioccaClinical Department, National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy (CNAO), Pavia, Italy.
Barbara VischioniClinical Department, National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy (CNAO), Pavia, Italy.
Ester OrlandiClinical Department, National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy (CNAO), Pavia, Italy.
National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy · ITPhilipps University of Marburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeIn carbon ion radiotherapy (CIRT), a simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) approach has not been fully exploited so far. The feasibility of a CIRT-SIB strategy for head and neck adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) patients was investigated in order to improve treatment planning dose distributions. METHODS AND MATERIALS: CIRT plans of 10 ACC patients treated at the National Center for Oncological Hadrontherapy (CNAO, Pavia, Italy) with sequential boost (SEQ) irradiation and prescription doses of 41.0 Gy [relative biological effectiveness (RBE)]/10 fractions to low-risk (LR) clinical target volume (CTV) plus 24.6 Gy(RBE)/6 fractions to the high-risk (HR) CTV were re-planned with two SIB dose levels to the LR-CTV, namely, 48.0 Gy(RBE) and 54.4 Gy(RBE). While planning with SIB, the HR-CTV coverage had higher priority, with fixed organ-at-risk dose constraints among the SIB and SEQ plans. The homogeneity and conformity indexes were selected for CTV coverage comparison. The biologically effective dose (BED) was calculated to compare the different fractionation schemes.

resultsComparable HR-CTV coverage was achieved with the treatment approaches, while superior conformality and homogeneity were obtained with the SIB technique in both CTVs. With the SEQ, SIB

conclusionsThe SIB approach resulted in highly conformal dose distributions with the reduction of the unintended dose to the LR-CTV. A prescription dose range for the LR-CTV will be clinically defined to offer tailored personalized treatments, according to the clinical and imaging characteristics of the patients.

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adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC)carbon ion radiation therapy (CIRT)head and neck cancerradiobiological modelssimultaneous integrated boost (SIB)

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PMID34966678
PMCPMC8710479
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