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ArticleBritish journal of cancer2013

Sequelae and survivorship in patients treated with (131)I-MIBG therapy.

W C C Sze, A B Grossman, I Goddard, D Amendra, S C C Shieh, P N Plowman, W M Drake, S A Akker, M R Druce

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Article in British journal of cancer, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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9 authors.

W C C SzeDepartment of Endocrinology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London EC1A 7BE, UK.
A B Grossman
I Goddard
D Amendra
S C C Shieh
P N Plowman
W M Drake
S A Akker
M R Druce

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background(131)I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine ((131)I-MIBG) has been in therapeutic use since 1980s. Newer treatment modalities are emerging for neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) and chromaffin cell tumours (CCTs), but many of these do not yet have adequate long-term follow-up to determine their longer term efficacy and sequelae.

methodsFifty-eight patients with metastatic NETs and CCTs who had received (131)I-MIBG therapy between 2000 and 2011 were analysed. Survival and any long-term haematological or renal sequelae were investigated.

resultsIn the NET group, the overall median survival and median survival following the diagnosis of metastatic disease was 124 months. The median survival following the commencement of (131)I-MIBG was 66 months. For the CCT group, median survival had not been reached. The 5-year survival from diagnosis and following the diagnosis of metastatic disease was 67% and 67.5% for NETs and CCTs, respectively. The 5-year survival following the commencement of (131)I-MIBG therapy was 68%. Thirty-two patients had long-term haematological sequelae: 5 of these 32 patients developed haematological malignancies. Two patients developed a mild deterioration in renal function.

conclusionLong follow up of (131)I-MIBG therapy reveals a noteable rate of bone marrow toxicities and malignancy and long term review of all patients receiving radionuclide therapies is recommended.

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3-IodobenzylguanidineAdrenal Gland NeoplasmsAdultChromaffin CellsCohort StudiesFemaleHumansIodine RadioisotopesMaleMiddle AgedNeuroendocrine TumorsRadiopharmaceuticalsRetrospective Studies3-IodobenzylguanidineIodine RadioisotopesRadiopharmaceuticals

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PMID23860527
PMCPMC3738119

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