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ArticleCancers2023

Absence of Tissue-Sparing Effects in Partial Proton FLASH Irradiation in Murine Intestine.

Qixian Zhang, Leo E Gerweck, Ethan Cascio, Liqun Gu, Qingyuan Yang, Xinyue Dong, Peigen Huang, Alejandro Bertolet, Konrad Pawel Nesteruk, Wonmo Sung and 2 more

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Article in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

36 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Musculoskeletal and Marrow Sparing With Proton FLASH Radiation Therapy in Juvenile Mice.International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics · 2026
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  6. Investigating the oxygen dependence of FLASH-RT using electron paramagnetic resonance imaging.Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology · 2026
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  9. Microenvironmental remodeling in FLASH radiotherapy.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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  20. Whole Abdominal Pencil Beam Scanned Proton FLASH Increases Acute Lethality.International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Qixian ZhangPhysics Division, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9898-6167
Leo E GerweckPhysics Division, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA.
Ethan CascioPhysics Division, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA.
Liqun GuPhysics Division, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA.
Qingyuan YangPhysics Division, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8808-1113
Xinyue DongPhysics Division, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA.
Peigen HuangPhysics Division, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA.
Alejandro BertoletPhysics Division, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9890-693X
Konrad Pawel NesterukPhysics Division, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7482-2264
Wonmo SungPhysics Division, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0172-0646
Aimee L McNamaraPhysics Division, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA.
Jan SchuemannPhysics Division, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02129, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7554-8818

Funding

Using experimentally-guided multi-scale modeling to determining the mechanism of FLASH tissue sparingR01CA266419 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SCHUEMANN, JAN PATRICK OSCAR · 2022 to 2025
$3.3M
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award 57-19NCI NIH HHS R01 CA266419NIH HHS R01-CA266419
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ultra-high dose rate irradiation has been reported to protect normal tissues more than conventional dose rate irradiation. This tissue sparing has been termed the FLASH effect. We investigated the FLASH effect of proton irradiation on the intestine as well as the hypothesis that lymphocyte depletion is a cause of the FLASH effect. A 16 × 12 mm

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FLASH effectintestinelymphocyte depletionproton irradiation

Identifiers

PMID37190197
PMCPMC10137009

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