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ReviewQJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians2016

Molecular imaging-its current role in cancer.

S McDermott, A Kilcoyne

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Review in QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

S McDermottFrom the Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114, USA mcdermott.shaunagh@mgh.harvard.edu.
A KilcoyneFrom the Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Massachusetts General Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medical imaging has undergone extensive growth over the last few decades and now plays a central role in clinical oncology. The future of imaging in the management of oncology patients is molecularly targeted imaging agents. Molecular imaging differs from conventional anatomical imaging in that imaging probes are utilized to visualize target molecules-of-interest. It is envisioned that molecular imaging will have a major impact on oncology and personalized medicine by allowing earlier diagnosis, assessing early response to treatment and by predicting treatment response. It will, hopefully, also have an impact on drug development by streamlining preclinical and clinical tests for new drug candidates.

Indexed as

Molecular ImagingPrecision MedicineBiomarkers, TumorContrast MediaHumansNeoplasmsNeovascularization, PathologicPredictive Value of TestsRadiopharmaceuticalsBiomarkers, TumorContrast MediaRadiopharmaceuticals

Identifiers

PMID26253299
PMCPMC4888320
OpenAlexW2178882217

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Registered trials

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