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Yi Hsuan Chen, Michiel Kroesen, Mischa S Hoogeman, Matthijs M Versteegh, Carin A Uyl-de Groot, Hedwig M Blommestein

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Article in Clinical and translational radiation oncology, 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

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

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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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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yi Hsuan ChenErasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Michiel KroesenDepartment of Medical Physics and Informatics, HollandPTC, Delft, the Netherlands.

Mischa S HoogemanDepartment of Medical Physics and Informatics, HollandPTC, Delft, the Netherlands.

Matthijs M VersteeghInstitute for Medical Technology Assessment, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, 3062 PA Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Carin A Uyl-de GrootErasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Hedwig M BlommesteinErasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Head and neck cancerHealth-related quality of lifeProton therapyQuality of lifeRadiotherapy-related toxicity

Identifiers

PMID40842852

DOI10.1016/j.ctro.2025.101013

PMCPMC12365528

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