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ArticleEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2017

V Lewington, B Lambert, U Poetschger, Z Bar Sever, F Giammarile, A J B McEwan, Rita Castellani, T Lynch, B Shulkin, M Drobics and 2 more

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In one paragraph

Article in European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
39citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

39 citing papers in PubMed, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 9 institutions in 6 countries.

V LewingtonKing's College, London, UK. Valerie.lewington@kcl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8521-5478
B LambertRadiology and Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
U PoetschgerDepartment for Studies and Statistics on Integrated Research and Projects (S2IRP), Children's Cancer Research Institute, Vienna, Austria.
Z Bar SeverSchneider Children's Medical Centre of Israel, Petach-Tikva, Israel.
F GiammarileCHLS, Pierre-Benite, France.
A J B McEwanCross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Canada.
Rita CastellaniNuclear Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
T LynchNorthern Ireland Cancer Centre, Belfast, UK.
B ShulkinSt Jude's Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, USA.
M DrobicsAIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH Safety & Security Department, Information Management & eHealth, Vienna, Austria.
A StaudenherzAKH, Vienna, Austria.
R LadensteinDepartment for Studies and Statistics on Integrated Research and Projects (S2IRP), Children's Cancer Research Institute, Vienna, Austria.
St Anna Children's Hospital · ATArbeitsgemeinschaft für Klinische Ernährung · ATAustrian Institute of Technology · ATFondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori · ITGhent University Hospital · BEKing's College London · GBSchneider Children's Medical Center · ILSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital · USThe Northern Ireland Cancer Centre · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 8177
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeA robust method is required to standardise objective reporting of diagnostic

methodPatterns of abnormal skeletal

resultsIn total, 1968 image sets were reviewed individually. Response rates of 88 % and 82 % were recorded for patients with baseline skeletal scores ≤23 and 24-48 respectively, compared with 44 % response in patients with skeletal scores >48 (p = 0.02). Reducing the number of segments or extension scale had a small but statistically negative impact upon the number of responses detected. Intraclass correlation coefficients [ICCs] calculated for the unblinded and blinded study were 0.95 at diagnosis and 0.98 and 0.99 post-induction chemotherapy, respectively.

conclusionsThe SIOPEN mIBG score method is reproducible across the full spectrum of disease in high risk neuroblastoma. Numerical assessment of skeletal disease extent avoids subjective evaluation of uptake intensity. This robust approach provides a reliable means with which to examine the role of 123I mIBG scintigraphy as a prognostic indicator in neuroblastoma.

Indexed as

3-IodobenzylguanidineBone NeoplasmsEuropeHumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedInternationalityNeuroblastomaObserver VariationPractice Guidelines as TopicRadiopharmaceuticalsReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon3-IodobenzylguanidineRadiopharmaceuticals123-meta-iodobenzylguanidine [123I-mIBG]ImagingNeuroblastomaScintigraphySIOPEN-R-NETSkeleton

Identifiers

PMID27663238
PMCPMC5214990
OpenAlexW2523575310

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