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ReviewCancers2022

Special Techniques of Adjuvant Breast Carcinoma Radiotherapy.

Iveta Kolářová, Bohuslav Melichar, Jaroslav Vaňásek, Igor Sirák, Jiří Petera, Kateřina Horáčková, Denisa Pohanková, Zuzana Šinkorová, Oldřich Hošek, Milan Vošmik

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 49% 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.

  1. Review
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

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Iveta KolářováDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Charles University, 500 05 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
Bohuslav MelicharDepartment of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University and University Hospital Olomouc, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Jaroslav VaňásekFaculty of Health Studies, Pardubice University, 532 10 Pardubice, Czech Republic.
Igor SirákDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Charles University, 500 05 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-5972-3866
Jiří PeteraDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Charles University, 500 05 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
Kateřina HoráčkováFaculty of Health Studies, Pardubice University, 532 10 Pardubice, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-3256-2011
Denisa PohankováDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Charles University, 500 05 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
Zuzana ŠinkorováDepartment of Radiobiology, Faculty of Military Health Sciences, University of Defence, 500 01 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
Oldřich HošekFaculty of Health Studies, Pardubice University, 532 10 Pardubice, Czech Republic.
Milan VošmikDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Charles University, 500 05 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-6497-7505
Charles University · CZUniversity of Pardubice · CZUniversity Hospital Olomouc · CZUniversity of Defence · CZ

Funding

Charles University Cooperatio, Research Area ONCOMinistry of Defence, Czech Republic Long Term Development Plan - Medical Aspects of Weapons of Mass DestructionMinistry of Health, Czech Republic UHHK 00179906
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Modern radiotherapy techniques are designed to permit reduced irradiation of healthy tissue, resulting in a diminished risk of adverse effects and shortened recovery times. Several randomized studies have demonstrated the benefits of increased dosage to the tumor bed area in combination with whole breast irradiation (WBI). Conventional WBI treatment following breast-conserving procedures, which required 5-7 weeks of daily treatments, has been reduced to 3-4 weeks when using hyperfractionated regimens. The dosage administration improves local control, albeit with poorer cosmesis. The method of accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) shortens the treatment period whilst reducing the irradiated volume. APBI can be delivered using intraoperative radiation, brachytherapy, or external beam radiotherapy. Currently available data support the use of external beam partial breast irradiation in selected patients. Modern radiotherapy techniques make it possible to achieve favorable cosmesis in most patients undergoing immediate breast reconstruction surgery, and studies confirm that current methods of external beam radiation allow an acceptable coverage of target volumes both in the reconstructed breast and in the regional lymphatic nodes.

Indexed as

accelerated partial breast irradiationadjuvant radiotherapyboostbreast cancer

Identifiers

PMID36612294
PMCPMC9818986
OpenAlexW4313388840

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