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ArticlePractical radiation oncology

Efficacy of an Esophageal Spacer for Spine Radiosurgery: First Experience.

Thomas Boerner, Chunzi Jenny Jin, Caitlin Harrington, Mark H Bilsky, Yoshiya Josh Yamada, Daniela Molena

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Article in Practical radiation oncology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Thomas BoernerThoracic Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Chunzi Jenny JinDepartment of Radiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Caitlin HarringtonThoracic Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Mark H BilskyDepartment of Neurosurgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Yoshiya Josh YamadaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Daniela MolenaThoracic Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. Electronic address: molenad@mskcc.org.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USUniversity of Ottawa · CA

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This is the first study to investigate the use of an esophageal hydrogel spacer in spine stereotactic radiosurgery. The tolerability and the dose reduction to the esophagus are predicted to reduce the incidence of high-grade toxicities, which in turn can permit dose escalation to optimize tumor control.

Indexed as

RadiosurgerySpinal NeoplasmsEsophagusHumansNeurosurgical ProceduresSpine

Identifiers

PMID35272076
PMCPMC9232906
OpenAlexW4221000844

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Registered trials

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