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SynthesisStrahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al]2023

Recognizing cisplatin as a potential radiation recall trigger: case report and focused systematic review.

Bálint Tamaskovics, Jan Haussmann, Kimia Karimi, Michael Daum-Marzian, Peter Arne Gerber, Felix Knapp, Kathrin Scheckenbach, Edwin Bölke, Christiane Matuschek, Wilfried Budach

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Synthesis in Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al], 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Radiation recall dermatitis in cancer patients previously undergoing radiotherapy: a scoping review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bálint TamaskovicsDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstr. 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany. Balint.Tamaskovics@uni-duesseldorf.de.ORCID 0000-0002-2533-0167
Jan HaussmannDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstr. 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Kimia KarimiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstr. 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Michael Daum-MarzianDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Helios Hospital Krefeld, Krefeld, Germany.
Peter Arne GerberDepartment of Dermatology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1657-1863
Felix KnappDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Kathrin ScheckenbachDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2899-4487
Edwin BölkeDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstr. 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9112-1024
Christiane MatuschekDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstr. 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Wilfried BudachDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University, Moorenstr. 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Düsseldorf University Hospital · DEHelios Klinikum Krefeld · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a case of mild radiation recall dermatitis triggered by cisplatin chemotherapy given simultaneously to re-irradiation. The dermatitis area correlated to skin exposure of the previous radiation therapy, characterizing the reaction clearly as a recall. Cisplatin has not yet been recognized as a potential trigger for recall reactions. Although it was part of several reported multidrug trigger combinations, all review works referred to cisplatin as not suspicious, suggesting the combination partner as the effector. We performed a focused systematic literature review aiming to re-evaluate the real role of cisplatin as a (co-)triggering factor. In total, 30 reported cases were found, 90% triggered by multidrug combinations. The latter tended to cause more severe symptoms. Besides findings supporting the 20 Gy-threshold theory, no correlation between radiation dose and severity or prevalence was found. Recognition of cisplatin as a trigger of the recall phenomenon and its supportive management may prevent unnecessary cessation of systemic chemotherapy. Systematic reporting of recall events as a secondary endpoint of prospective clinical trials applying radiation therapy could support understanding the recall phenomenon.

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CisplatinRadiodermatitisHumansProspective StudiesCisplatinCDDPDermatitisMultidrug combinationRadiation recall phenomenonRRD

Identifiers

PMID36920507
PMCPMC10281908
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