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ReviewJournal of medical radiation sciences2024

The rationale for a carbon ion radiation therapy facility in Australia.

David I Thwaites, Dale A Prokopovich, Richard F Garrett, Annette Haworth, Anatoly Rosenfeld, Verity Ahern

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Review in Journal of medical radiation sciences, 2024. 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
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

David I ThwaitesInstitute of Medical Physics, School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9633-6259
Dale A ProkopovichMedAustron Ion Therapy Centre, Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
Richard F GarrettAustralian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, New South Wales, Australia.
Annette HaworthInstitute of Medical Physics, School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1382-7747
Anatoly RosenfeldCentre for Medical Radiation Physics, School of Physics, University of Wollongong, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Verity AhernDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Sydney West Radiation Oncology Network, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8911-2727
The University of Sydney · AUAustralian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation · AUMedAustron · ATUniversity of Wollongong · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Australia has taken a collaborative nationally networked approach to achieve particle therapy capability. This supports the under-construction proton therapy facility in Adelaide, other potential proton centres and an under-evaluation proposal for a hybrid carbon ion and proton centre in western Sydney. A wide-ranging overview is presented of the rationale for carbon ion radiation therapy, applying observations to the case for an Australian facility and to the clinical and research potential from such a national centre.

Indexed as

Heavy Ion RadiotherapyProton TherapyAustraliaIonsProtonsIonsProtonsAustralian radiation oncologycarbon ion radiation therapyheavy ion radiation therapyparticle therapytechnology assessment

Identifiers

PMID38061984
PMCPMC11011608
OpenAlexW4389485152

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Registered trials

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