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SynthesisInternational journal of hematology2012

Is fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography useful in monitoring the response to treatment in patients with multiple myeloma?

Carmelo Caldarella, Maria Antonietta Isgrò, Ivan Treglia, Giorgio Treglia

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Synthesis in International journal of hematology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Carmelo CaldarellaDepartment of Bioimaging and Radiological Sciences, Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Gemelli, 8, 00168, Rome, Italy.
Maria Antonietta Isgrò
Ivan Treglia
Giorgio Treglia
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITUniversity of the Sacred Heart · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is a useful diagnostic tool for the staging of patients with multiple myeloma (MM). The aim of this study is to perform a systematic review of the usefulness of FDG-PET or PET/CT in monitoring response to treatment in patients with MM. A comprehensive computer literature search of the PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus and Embase databases was carried out to identify relevant peer-reviewed articles on the use of FDG-PET or PET/CT in monitoring the response to treatment in patients with MM. Ten studies described investigations of the role of FDG-PET or PET/CT in monitoring the response to treatment in 690 patients with MM or solitary plasmacytoma: six of these were conducted prospectively, while four studies were retrospective. These articles were retrieved in full-text version and analyzed. Based on these findings from the literature, FDG-PET or PET/CT appear to be useful in the assessment of treatment response in patients with MM.

Indexed as

Fluorine RadioisotopesFluorodeoxyglucose F18Positron-Emission TomographyRadiopharmaceuticalsAgedBone MarrowBone NeoplasmsClinical Trials as TopicCombined Modality TherapyDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleGlycolysisHumansMaleMeta-Analysis as TopicMiddle AgedFluorine RadioisotopesFluorodeoxyglucose F18Radiopharmaceuticals

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PMID23135876
OpenAlexW1987454173

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