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ArticleCancers2023

Dosimetric Comparison of Conventional Radiotherapy, Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy, and Proton Beam Therapy for Palliation of Thoracic Spine Metastases Secondary to Breast or Prostate Cancer.

Anders Lideståhl, Emil Fredén, Albert Siegbahn, Gracinda Johansson, Pehr A Lind

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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. Not yet cited 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 0 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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Anders LideståhlDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden.
Emil FredénDepartment of Oncology, Stockholm South General Hospital, 11883 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-1788-9582
Albert SiegbahnDepartment of Oncology, Stockholm South General Hospital, 11883 Stockholm, Sweden.
Gracinda JohanssonDepartment of Radiotherapy, Uppsala University Hospital, 75185 Uppsala, Sweden.
Pehr A LindDepartment of Oncology, Stockholm South General Hospital, 11883 Stockholm, Sweden.
Karolinska Institutet · SEStockholm South General Hospital · SEUppsala University Hospital · SE

Funding

Radium Hemmets Research Funds 171193Region Stockholm RS2021-0855Swedish Cancer Society 22 2052 S 01 H
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this planning study was to compare the dosimetric outcomes of Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT), Proton Beam Therapy (PBT), and conventional External Beam Radiation Therapy (cEBRT) in the treatment of thoracic spinal metastases originating from breast or prostate cancer. Our study utilized data from 30 different treatment plans and evaluated target coverage and doses to vital organs at risk (OARs), such as the spinal cord, heart, esophagus, and lungs. The results showed that VMAT and PBT achieved superior target coverage and significantly lower doses to the spinal cord compared to cEBRT (target: median PTV

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palliative radiotherapyplanning studyproton beam therapyspine metastasesthoracicvolumetric modulated arc therapy

Identifiers

PMID38136282
PMCPMC10741915
OpenAlexW4389443359

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