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ArticleCancers2025

A Novel Treatment Strategy for Unresectable Locally Recurrent Rectal Cancer-Upfront Carbon-Ion Radiotherapy Followed by Surgical Resection of the Irradiated Intestines.

Kei Kimura, Hirotoshi Takiyama, Shigeru Yamada, Kazuma Ito, Mizuki Koba, Ayako Imada, Jihyung Song, Kozo Kataoka, Takako Kihara, Ikuo Matsuda and 6 more

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Article in Cancers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Kei KimuraDivision of Lower G.I., Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, School of Medicine, Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya 663-8501, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4646-667X
Hirotoshi TakiyamaQST Hospital, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba 263-8555, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9994-4666
Shigeru YamadaQST Hospital, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba 263-8555, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4271-0209
Kazuma ItoDivision of Lower G.I., Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, School of Medicine, Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya 663-8501, Japan.ORCID 0009-0000-7096-8584
Mizuki KobaDivision of Lower G.I., Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, School of Medicine, Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya 663-8501, Japan.
Ayako ImadaDivision of Lower G.I., Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, School of Medicine, Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya 663-8501, Japan.
Jihyung SongDivision of Lower G.I., Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, School of Medicine, Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya 663-8501, Japan.
Kozo KataokaDivision of Lower G.I., Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, School of Medicine, Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya 663-8501, Japan.
Takako KiharaDepartment of Surgical Pathology, Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya 663-8501, Japan.
Ikuo MatsudaDepartment of Surgical Pathology, Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya 663-8501, Japan.
Naohito BeppuDivision of Lower G.I., Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, School of Medicine, Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya 663-8501, Japan.
Yuki HorioDivision of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Surgery, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, School of Medicine, Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya 663-8501, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9760-0173
Kazuhiro KitajimaDepartment of Radiology, School of Medicine, Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya 663-8501, Japan.
Motoi UchinoDivision of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Surgery, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, School of Medicine, Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya 663-8501, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-2934-1680
Hiroki IkeuchiDivision of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Surgery, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, School of Medicine, Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya 663-8501, Japan.
Masataka IkedaDivision of Lower G.I., Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, School of Medicine, Hyogo Medical University, Nishinomiya 663-8501, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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carbon-ion radiotherapylocally recurrent rectal cancerrectal cancer

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PMID40647528
PMCPMC12249107

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