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ArticleBiomedical physics & engineering express2025

Physical contributors to dose in patients with dual-port temporary tissue expanders treated post-mastectomy with 10 MV x-rays: a Monte Carlo study.

Ramon Ortiz, Bruce Faddegon, Manju Sharma, José Ramos-Méndez

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Article in Biomedical physics & engineering express, 2025. 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

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ramon OrtizUniversity of California San Francisco, Department of Radiation Oncology 1600 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-4628-8121
Bruce FaddegonUniversity of California San Francisco, Department of Radiation Oncology 1600 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-4573-1582
Manju SharmaUniversity of California San Francisco, Department of Radiation Oncology 1600 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-0021-1265
José Ramos-MéndezUniversity of California San Francisco, Department of Radiation Oncology 1600 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-8106-5142

Funding

The TOPAS Tool for Particle Simulation, a Monte Carlo Simulation Tool for Physics, Biology and Clinical ResearchU24CA215123 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FADDEGON, BRUCE · 2018 to 2022
$4.2M
NCI NIH HHS U24 CA215123
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Breast NeoplasmsMastectomyMonte Carlo MethodTissue Expansion DevicesFemaleHumansNeutronsRadiometryRadiotherapy DosageRadiotherapy Planning, Computer-AssistedX-RaysMonte Carlophotoneutronspost-mastectomy radiotherapytemporary tissue expanders

Identifiers

PMID40245878
PMCPMC12128857

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