Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24800207›Full record

ArticleBioMed research international2014

Facing contrast-enhancing gliomas: perfusion MRI in grade III and grade IV gliomas according to tumor area.

Anna Luisa Di Stefano, Niels Bergsland, Giulia Berzero, Lisa Farina, Elisa Rognone, Matteo Gastaldi, Domenico Aquino, Alessandro Frati, Francesco Tomasello, Mauro Ceroni and 2 more

Open access · hybridAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in BioMed research international, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% 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.

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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
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

12 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Anna Luisa Di StefanoNeuro-Oncology Unit, C. Mondino National Neurological Institute, 27100 Pavia, Italy ; Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Niels BergslandMagnetic Resonance Laboratory, IRCCS Don Gnocchi Foundation, 20148 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7792-0433
Giulia BerzeroNeuro-Oncology Unit, C. Mondino National Neurological Institute, 27100 Pavia, Italy ; Neuroscience Consortium, University of Pavia, Monza Policlinico and Pavia Mondino, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8798-9058
Lisa FarinaNeuroradiological Department, C. Mondino National Neurological Institute, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Elisa RognoneNeuroradiological Department, C. Mondino National Neurological Institute, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Matteo GastaldiGeneral Neurology Unit, C. Mondino National Neurological Institute, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Domenico AquinoDepartment of Neuroradiology, IRCCS Foundation Neurological Institute C. Besta, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1289-9573
Alessandro FratiDepartment of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli (IS), University of Rome La Sapienza, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Francesco TomaselloDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy.
Mauro CeroniDepartment of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy ; General Neurology Unit, C. Mondino National Neurological Institute, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Enrico MarchioniNeuro-Oncology Unit, C. Mondino National Neurological Institute, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Stefano BastianelloDepartment of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy ; Neuroradiological Department, C. Mondino National Neurological Institute, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale Casimiro Mondino · ITUniversity of Pavia · ITDon Carlo Gnocchi Foundation · ITIstituto Neurologico Mediterraneo · ITUniversity of Messina · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumoral neoangiogenesis characterizes high grade gliomas. Relative Cerebral Blood Volume (rCBV), calculated with Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast (DSC) Perfusion-Weighted Imaging (PWI), allows for the estimation of vascular density over the tumor bed. The aim of the study was to characterize putative tumoral neoangiogenesis via the study of maximal rCBV with a Region of Interest (ROI) approach in three tumor areas-the contrast-enhancing area, the nonenhancing tumor, and the high perfusion area on CBV map-in patients affected by contrast-enhancing glioma (grades III and IV). Twenty-one patients were included: 15 were affected by grade IV and 6 by grade III glioma. Maximal rCBV values for each patient were averaged according to glioma grade. Although rCBV from contrast-enhancement and from nonenhancing tumor areas was higher in grade IV glioma than in grade III (5.58 and 2.68; 3.01 and 2.2, resp.), the differences were not significant. Instead, rCBV recorded in the high perfusion area on CBV map, independently of tumor compartment, was significantly higher in grade IV glioma than in grade III (7.51 versus 3.78, P = 0.036). In conclusion, neoangiogenesis encompasses different tumor compartments and CBV maps appear capable of best characterizing the degree of neovascularization. Facing contrast-enhancing brain tumors, areas of high perfusion on CBV maps should be considered as the reference areas to be targeted for glioma grading.

Indexed as

AlgorithmsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBrain NeoplasmsFemaleGliomaHumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance AngiographyMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm GradingNeovascularization, PathologicReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and Specificity

Identifiers

PMID24800207
PMCPMC3996293
OpenAlexW1976321596

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.