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ArticleCancers2026

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of an Intracranial Stereotactic Radiotherapy Service for Brain Metastasis in a North Queensland Regional Cancer Centre.

Qichen Zhang, Lan Gao, Neha Das, Timothy Squire, Daniel Stoker, Reshma Shakya, Deepti Patel, Abhishek Joshi, Tao Xing

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Article in Cancers, 2026. 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

The trial behind it

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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

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No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Qichen ZhangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Townsville University Hospital, 100 Angus Smith Drive Douglas, Townsville, QLD 4814, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3823-895X
Lan GaoDeakin Health Economics, Institute for Health Transformation, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC 3125, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9734-1140
Neha DasDeakin Health Economics, Institute for Health Transformation, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC 3125, Australia.ORCID 0009-0009-2426-9622
Timothy SquireDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Townsville University Hospital, 100 Angus Smith Drive Douglas, Townsville, QLD 4814, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7971-0069
Daniel StokerDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Townsville University Hospital, 100 Angus Smith Drive Douglas, Townsville, QLD 4814, Australia.
Reshma ShakyaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Townsville University Hospital, 100 Angus Smith Drive Douglas, Townsville, QLD 4814, Australia.
Deepti PatelDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Townsville University Hospital, 100 Angus Smith Drive Douglas, Townsville, QLD 4814, Australia.
Abhishek JoshiCollege of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4814, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7786-0039
Tao XingDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Townsville University Hospital, 100 Angus Smith Drive Douglas, Townsville, QLD 4814, Australia.

Funding

Tropical Australian Academic Health Centre TAAHC Seed Funding SF0000823
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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brain metastasishealth economyradiotherapystereotactic radiosurgery

Identifiers

PMID41514671
PMCPMC12785005

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