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ReviewCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2023

The Current Trend of Radiation Therapy for Patients with Localized Prostate Cancer.

Kazuyuki Numakura, Mizuki Kobayashi, Yumina Muto, Hiromi Sato, Yuya Sekine, Ryuta Sobu, Yu Aoyama, Yoshiko Takahashi, Syuhei Okada, Hajime Sasagawa and 5 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers 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

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

15 citing papers 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

15 authors.

Kazuyuki NumakuraDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5899-1738
Mizuki KobayashiDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan.
Yumina MutoDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan.
Hiromi SatoDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan.
Yuya SekineDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan.
Ryuta SobuDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan.
Yu AoyamaDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan.
Yoshiko TakahashiDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan.
Syuhei OkadaDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan.
Hajime SasagawaDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan.
Shintaro NaritaDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2988-1860
Satoshi KumagaiDepartment of Radiology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan.
Yuki WadaDepartment of Radiology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-2013-7413
Naoko MoriDepartment of Radiology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8700-9731
Tomonori HabuchiDepartment of Urology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A recent approach to radiotherapy for prostate cancer is the administration of high doses of radiation to the prostate while minimizing the risk of side effects. Thus, image-guided radiotherapy utilizes advanced imaging techniques and is a feasible strategy for increasing the radiation dose. New radioactive particles are another approach to achieving high doses and safe procedures. Prostate brachytherapy is currently considered as a combination therapy. Spacers are useful to protect adjacent organs, specifically the rectum, from excessive radiation exposure.

Indexed as

Prostatic NeoplasmsRadiotherapy, Intensity-ModulatedHumansMaleProstateRadiotherapy DosageRectumbrachytherapyhydrogel spacerimage-guided radiation therapyintensity-modulated radiation therapymetastasis direct therapyprostate cancerradiation therapystereotactic body radiation therapyvolumetric modulated arc therapy

Identifiers

PMID37754502
PMCPMC10529045

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