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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2022

Utility of Biology-Guided Radiotherapy to

Mathieu Gaudreault, David Chang, Nicholas Hardcastle, Price Jackson, Tomas Kron, Gerard G Hanna, Michael S Hofman, Shankar Siva

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mathieu GaudreaultDepartment of Physical Sciences, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
David ChangSir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Nicholas HardcastleDepartment of Physical Sciences, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Price JacksonDepartment of Physical Sciences, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Tomas KronDepartment of Physical Sciences, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Gerard G HannaSir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Michael S HofmanSir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Shankar SivaSir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
University of Melbourne · AUPeter MacCallum Cancer Centre · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Biology-guided radiotherapy (BgRT) uses real-time functional imaging to guide radiation therapy treatment. Positron emission tomography (PET) tracers targeting prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) are superior for prostate cancer detection than conventional imaging. This study aims at describing nodal and distant metastasis distribution from prostate cancer and at determining the proportion of metastatic lesions suitable for BgRT. Methods: A single-institution patient subset from the ProPSMA trial (ID ACTRN12617000005358) was analysed. Gross tumour volumes (GTV) were delineated on the CT component of a PSMA PET/CT scan. To determine the suitability of BgRT tracking zones, the normalized SUV (nSUV) was calculated as the ratio of SUVmax inside the GTV to the SUVmean of adjacent three-dimensional shells of thickness 5 mm/10 mm/20 mm as a measure of signal to background contrast. Targets were suitable for BgRT if (1) nSUV was larger than an nSUV threshold and (2) non-tumour tissue inside adjacent shell was free of PET-avid uptake. Results: Of this cohort of 84 patients, 24 had at least one pelvic node or metastatic site disease, 1 to 13 lesions per patient, with a total of 98 lesions (60 pelvic nodes/38 extra-pelvic nodal diseases and haematogenous metastases). Target volumes ranged from 0.08 to 9.6 cm Conclusions: The majority of PSMA PET/CT-defined radiotherapy targets would be suitable for BgRT by using a 10-mm tracking zone in prostate cancer. A subset of lesions had adjacent non-tumour uptake, mainly due to the proximity of ureter or bladder, and may require exclusion from emission tracking during BgRT.

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PMID35494012
PMCPMC9039647
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