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ReviewLancet regional health. Americas2023

Untoward global effects of current guideline formulation of stereotactic radiotherapy for symptomatic brain metastases by international medical societies.

Dorien E C M de Vocht, John-John B Schnog, Ingemar S Merkies, Michael J Samson

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Review in Lancet regional health. Americas, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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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

1 citing paper 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

4 authors.

Dorien E C M de VochtDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Curaçao Medical Center, Willemstad, Curaçao.
John-John B SchnogDepartment of Haematology and Medical Oncology, Curaçao Medical Center, Willemstad, Curaçao.
Ingemar S MerkiesDepartment of Neurology, School of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Michael J SamsonDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Curaçao Medical Center, Willemstad, Curaçao.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The quality of evidence leading to new oncological treatments suffers shortcomings, as has recently been addressed for drug approvals. In this 'Personal view', we evaluate the unintended effects of adopting stereotactic radiosurgery as the standard of care for patients with limited number of symptomatic brain metastases and favourable prognostic factors in international guidelines in view of the limitations in the evidence of efficacy and effectiveness, with special focus on countries with relatively limited resources.

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Brain metastasesStereotactic radiotherapyWhole brain radiotherapy

Identifiers

PMID37681018
PMCPMC10480773

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