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ReviewCancers2022

Current Radiotherapy Considerations for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.

Wai Tong Ng, James C H Chow, Jonathan J Beitler, June Corry, William Mendenhall, Anne W M Lee, K Thomas Robbins, Sandra Nuyts, Nabil F Saba, Robert Smee and 3 more

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Review in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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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

24 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

13 authors.

Wai Tong NgClinical Oncology Center and Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Cancer Metastasis and Personalized Therapy, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518009, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6696-3000
James C H ChowDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Jonathan J BeitlerKnox County Health Clinic, Rockland, ME 04841, USA.
June CorryDivision of Radiation Oncology, GenesisCare Radiation Oncology, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3065, Australia.
William MendenhallDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
Anne W M LeeClinical Oncology Center and Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Cancer Metastasis and Personalized Therapy, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518009, China.
K Thomas RobbinsDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL 62794-9620, USA.
Sandra NuytsDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven-University of Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-5540-4796
Nabil F SabaDepartment of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4972-1477
Robert SmeeDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The Prince of Wales Cancer Centre, Sydney, NSW 2031, Australia.
William A StokesDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Primož StrojanDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Oncology, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-0445-112X
Alfio FerlitoCoordinator of the International Head and Neck Scientific Group, 35100 Padua, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8247-8002

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Radiotherapy is the primary treatment modality for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). Successful curative treatment requires optimal radiotherapy planning and precise beam delivery that maximizes locoregional control while minimizing treatment-related side effects. In this article, we highlight considerations in target delineation, radiation dose, and the adoption of technological advances with the aim of optimizing the benefits of radiotherapy in NPC patients.

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adaptive planningartificial intelligencenasopharyngeal cancerparticle therapyradiotherapytarget delineation

Identifiers

PMID36497254
PMCPMC9736118

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