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ReviewStrahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al]2024

Prostate cancer and elective nodal radiation therapy for cN0 and pN0-a never ending story? : Recommendations from the prostate cancer expert panel of the German Society of Radiation Oncology (DEGRO).

S A Koerber, S Höcht, D Aebersold, C Albrecht, D Boehmer, U Ganswindt, N-S Schmidt-Hegemann, T Hölscher, A-C Mueller, P Niehoff and 8 more

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Review in Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al], 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Intensity modulated radiation therapy in prostate cancer-Better survival with higher total dose?Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2025
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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

18 authors at 16 institutions in 4 countries.

S A KoerberDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Barmherzige Brüder Hospital Regensburg, Prüfeninger Straße 86, 93049, Regensburg, Germany. stefan.koerber@barmherzige-regensburg.de.
S HöchtDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Ernst von Bergmann Hospital Potsdam, Charlottenstraße 72, 14467, Potsdam, Germany.
D AebersoldDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Inselspital-Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstraße 4, 3010, Bern, Switzerland.
C AlbrechtNordstrahl Radiation Oncology Unit, Nürnberg North Hospital, Prof.-Ernst-Nathan-Str. 1, 90149, Nürnberg, Germany.
D BoehmerDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany.
U GanswindtDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Innsbruck, Anichstraße 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
N-S Schmidt-HegemannDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Marchioninistraße 15, 81377, Munich, Germany.
T HölscherDepartment of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Fiedlerstraße 19, 01307, Dresden, Germany.
A-C MuellerDepartment of Radiation Oncology, RKH Hospital Ludwigsburg, Posilipostraße 4, 71640, Ludwigsburg, Germany.
P NiehoffDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Sana Hospital Offenbach, Starkenburgring 66, 63069, Offenbach, Germany.
J C PeekenDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Straße 22, 81675, Munich, Germany.
M PinkawaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Robert Janker Klinik, Villenstraße 8, 53129, Bonn, Germany.
B PolatDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Würzburg, Josef-Schneider-Straße 11, 97080, Würzburg, Germany.
S K B SpohnDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Freiburg, Robert-Koch-Straße 3, 79106, Freiburg, Germany.
F WolfDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Paracelsus Medical University of Salzburg, Müllner Hauptstraße 48, 5020, Salzburg, Austria.
C ZamboglouDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Freiburg, Robert-Koch-Straße 3, 79106, Freiburg, Germany.
D ZipsDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany.
T WiegelDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 23, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
Auguste-Viktoria-Klinik · DEKlinikum Ernst von Bergmann · DEKlinikum Ludwigsburg · DEKrankenhaus Barmherzige Brüder · DELimassol General Hospital · CYLMU Klinikum · DENuremberg Hospital · DEParacelsus Medical University · ATSana Klinikum Offenbach · DETechnical University of Munich · DEUniversitätsklinikum Würzburg · DEUniversity Hospital Carl Gustav Carus · DEUniversity Hospital Innsbruck · ATUniversity Hospital of Bern · CHUniversity Hospital Ulm · DEUniversity Medical Center Freiburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For prostate cancer, the role of elective nodal irradiation (ENI) for cN0 or pN0 patients has been under discussion for years. Considering the recent publications of randomized controlled trials, the prostate cancer expert panel of the German Society of Radiation Oncology (DEGRO) aimed to discuss and summarize the current literature. Modern trials have been recently published for both treatment-naïve patients (POP-RT trial) and patients after surgery (SPPORT trial). Although there are more reliable data to date, we identified several limitations currently complicating the definitions of general recommendations. For patients with cN0 (conventional or PSMA-PET staging) undergoing definitive radiotherapy, only men with high-risk factors for nodal involvement (e.g., cT3a, GS ≥ 8, PSA ≥ 20 ng/ml) seem to benefit from ENI. For biochemical relapse in the postoperative situation (pN0) and no PSMA imaging, ENI may be added to patients with risk factors according to the SPPORT trial (e.g., GS ≥ 8; PSA > 0.7 ng/ml). If PSMA-PET/CT is negative, ENI may be offered for selected men with high-risk factors as an individual treatment approach.

Indexed as

Prostatic NeoplasmsRadiation OncologyHumansMaleNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyProstate-Specific AntigenProstate-Specific AntigenENIPelvic irradiationPelvic nodal treatmentProstate carcinomaRadiotherapy

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PMID38273135
PMCPMC10876748
OpenAlexW4391218093

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