Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35796117›Full record

ArticleRadiation oncology journal2022

Long-term oncological outcomes of hypofractionated versus conventional fractionated whole breast irradiation with simultaneous integrated boost in early-stage breast cancer.

Chawalit Lertbutsayanukul, Manida Pitak, Chonnipa Nantavithya

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Radiation oncology journal, 2022. 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
–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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. 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

3 authors.

Chawalit LertbutsayanukulDivision of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Manida PitakDivision of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Chonnipa NantavithyaDivision of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeFor patients with early breast cancer who undergo breast-conserving surgery, adjuvant whole breast irradiation (WBI) with simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) results in lower radiotherapy fractions. Published studies have shown that both conventional fraction with SIB (C-SIB) and hypofractionation with SIB (H-SIB) seem to be safe and feasible. In this study, we sought to compare the oncologic outcomes between C-SIB and H-SIB in early-stage breast cancer. MATERIALS AND

methodsStage I-II breast cancer patients who received adjuvant WBI with SIB between January 2008 and December 2017 were retrospectively reviewed. The radiation dose in the C-SIB group was 50 Gy and 65 Gy in 25 daily fractions, while in the H-SIB group, it was 43.2 Gy and 52.8 Gy in 16 daily fractions to the whole breast and tumor bed, respectively.

resultsA total of 188 patients, 103 in the C-SIB group and 85 in the H-SIB group, were included. With a median follow-up time of 87 months, 7-year locoregional control of C-SIB was comparable to H-SIB (95.8% vs. 97.4%, p = 0.964). The 7-year distant metastasis-free survival rates of C-SIB and H-SIB were 89.9% and 95.9% (p = 0.111), while the 7-year disease-free survival rates were 84.2% and 95.4%, respectively (p = 0.176). In multivariate analysis, there was no significant prognostic factor associated with better overall survival.

conclusionH-SIB provided comparable locoregional control to C-SIB. With the advantage of a shorter radiotherapy course, H-SIB could be a favorable option for WBI in early-stage breast cancer.

Indexed as

Breast neoplasmsRadiation dose hypofractionationRadiation oncologyRadiotherapySurvival analysis

Identifiers

PMID35796117
PMCPMC9262705

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.