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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2023

New insights on clinical perspectives of FLASH radiotherapy: from low- to very high electron energy.

Stefano Ursino, Giovanni Gadducci, Noemi Giannini, Alessandra Gonnelli, Taiushia Fuentes, Fabio Di Martino, Fabiola Paiar

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stefano UrsinoDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Giovanni GadducciDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Noemi GianniniDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Alessandra GonnelliDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Taiushia FuentesDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Fabio Di MartinoCentro Pisano Multidisciplinare sulla Ricerca e implementazione clinica della Flash Radiotherapy (CPFR), University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Fabiola PaiarDepartment of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
University of Pisa · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Radiotherapy (RT) is performed in approximately 75% of patients with cancer, and its efficacy is often hampered by the low tolerance of the surrounding normal tissues. Recent advancements have demonstrated the potential to widen the therapeutic window using "very short" radiation treatment delivery (from a conventional dose rate between 0.5 Gy/min and 2 Gy/min to more than 40 Gy/s) causing a significant increase of normal tissue tolerance without varying the tumor effect. This phenomenon is called "FLASH Effect (FE)" and has been discovered by using electrons. Although several physical, dosimetric, and radiobiological aspects need to be clarified, current preclinical "

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dose rateFLASH radiotherapylow electron energynormal tissue complication probabilitytumor control probabilityvery high electron energy

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PMID37936603
PMCPMC10626470
OpenAlexW4387876532

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