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ArticleCureus2025

Treatment Plan Comparison Between Self-Shielding Gyroscopic Radiosurgery and Robotic Radiosurgery.

Theresa Hofmann, Matthias Sammer, Nadja Kohlhase, Dochka Eftimova, Felix Ehret, Antonio Santacroce, Alexander Muacevic, Christoph Fürweger

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Article in Cureus, 2025. 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
–field-weighted citation impact
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.

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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

8 authors.

Theresa HofmannRadiosurgery, European Radiosurgery Center Munich, Munich, DEU.
Matthias SammerRadiosurgery, European Radiosurgery Center Munich, Munich, DEU.
Nadja KohlhaseRadiosurgery, European Radiosurgery Center Munich, Munich, DEU.
Dochka EftimovaRadiosurgery, European Radiosurgery Center Munich, Munich, DEU.
Felix EhretRadiosurgery, European Radiosurgery Center Munich, Munich, DEU.
Antonio SantacroceRadiosurgery, European Radiosurgery Center Munich, Munich, DEU.
Alexander MuacevicRadiosurgery, European Radiosurgery Center Munich, Munich, DEU.
Christoph FürwegerRadiosurgery, European Radiosurgery Center Munich, Munich, DEU.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stereotactic radiosurgery with established systems like the Gamma Knife and CyberKnife (Accuray Inc., Madison, WI, USA) is a well-characterized treatment concept. The novel ZAP-X

Indexed as

cyberknifedosimetric evaluationgyroscopic radiosurgeryrobotic radiosurgerysingle-fraction radiotherapystereotactic radiosurgerytreatment plan comparisonzap-x

Identifiers

PMID40416107
PMCPMC12103933

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