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ArticleCancers2026

Evaluation of a Dynamic Collimation System to Improve IMPT Dose Distributions and Maintain Treatment Efficiency.

Nhan Justin Vu, Albert Du, Daniel E Hyer, Alonso N Gutierrez, Andrew Wroe, Ryan T Flynn, Kaustubh Patwardhan, Eduardo Pons, Kevin Erhart, Karsten Wake and 3 more

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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

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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

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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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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Nhan Justin VuRoy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, 5601 Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Albert DuRoy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, 5601 Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Daniel E HyerDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa Health Care, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7638-9599
Alonso N GutierrezDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida, 8900 Kendall Drive, Miami, FL 33176, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-1572-9011
Andrew WroeDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida, 8900 Kendall Drive, Miami, FL 33176, USA.
Ryan T FlynnDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa Health Care, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Kaustubh PatwardhanDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa Health Care, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Eduardo PonsDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida, 8900 Kendall Drive, Miami, FL 33176, USA.
Kevin ErhartDecimal LLC., 121 Central Park Pl, Sanford, FL 32771, USA.
Karsten WakeDepartment of Medical Physics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, 1111 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
Wesley S CulbersonDepartment of Medical Physics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, 1111 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4573-4406
Patrick M HillDepartment of Human Oncology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1208-0568
Blake R SmithDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa Health Care, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-0117-2590

Funding

National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health R37CA226518
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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collimated plansdose calculationDynamic CollimationDynamic Collimation System (DCS)pencil beam scanning (PBS)proton therapyrange shifter (RS)spot scanninguncollimated plans

Identifiers

PMID42192934
PMCPMC13204086

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