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

Patient vulnerability in stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation (STAR): a preliminary ethical appraisal from the STOPSTORM.eu consortium.

Carlo Botrugno, Chiara Crico, Mauro Iori, Oliver Blanck, Slawomir Blamek, Pieter G Postema, Aurelio Quesada, Etienne Pruvot, Joost J C Verhoeff, Ludovica De Panfilis

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Article 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 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 3 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

10 authors at 7 institutions in 6 countries.

Carlo BotrugnoResearch Unit on Everyday Bioethics and Ethics of Science, Department of Legal Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6082-6205
Chiara CricoLegal Medicine and Bioethics, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9742-515X
Mauro IoriMedical Physics Unit, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8738-3352
Oliver BlanckDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany. oliver.blanck@uksh.de.ORCID 0000-0003-1391-1308
Slawomir BlamekDepartment of Radiotherapy, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0585-9100
Pieter G PostemaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Heart Failure & Arrhythmias, Amsterdam Heart Center and Cardiovascular Science, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-2863-9159
Aurelio QuesadaCardiology Department, Arrhythmias Unit, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Valencia "San Vicente Martir", Valencia, Spain.
Etienne PruvotHeart and Vessel Department, Service of Cardiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-1386-9285
Joost J C VerhoeffDepartment of Radiotherapy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-9673-0793
Ludovica De PanfilisLegal Medicine and Bioethics, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5509-7626
Azienda Sanitaria Unità Locale di Reggio Emilia · ITAmsterdam University Medical Centers · NLThe Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology · PLUniversitat de València · ESUniversity Hospital Schleswig-Holstein · DEUniversity Medical Center Utrecht · NLUniversity of Lausanne · CH

Funding

European Union Horizon 2020 945119
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This preliminary ethical appraisal from the STOPSTORM.eu consortium is meant to raise critical points that clinicians administering stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation should consider to meet the highest standards in medical ethics and thus promote quality of life of patients recruited for radiotherapy treatments at a stage in which they experience a significant degree of vulnerability.

Indexed as

Arrhythmias, CardiacRadiosurgeryEthics, MedicalEuropeHumansQuality of LifeVulnerable PopulationsBioethicsCardiovascular diseaseEthics in researchStereotactic Body RadiotherapyVentricular tachycardia

Identifiers

PMID38652131
PMCPMC11442478
OpenAlexW4395041957

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