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ReviewNeuroImage. Clinical2017

The use of amino acid PET and conventional MRI for monitoring of brain tumor therapy.

Norbert Galldiks, Ian Law, Whitney B Pope, Javier Arbizu, Karl-Josef Langen

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in NeuroImage. Clinical, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 68 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
68citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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.

NCT05553041 early_phase1recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Evaluation of 18F-Fluciclovine PET-MRI to Differentiate Tumor Progression From Post-treatment Changes in Pediatric High-grade Glioma (HGG)

TypeinterventionalSponsorChildren's Hospital of PhiladelphiaRan2024 to 2027Enrolled30ConditionsGlioma, High Grade Glioma, Glioma, Malignant, Glioma IntracranialArms18F-Fluciclovine PET-MRI
NCT05555550 early_phase1recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Evaluation of 18F-Fluciclovine PET-MRI as a Biomarker of Response in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients With Low Grade Gliomas (LGG)

TypeinterventionalSponsorChildren's Hospital of PhiladelphiaRan2026 to 2027Enrolled30ConditionsGlioma, Low-grade Glioma, Low Grade Glioma of Brain, Glioma, MalignantArms18F-Fluciclovine
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

68 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 131 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Tumefactive demyelinating disorders as neoplasm mimics: description of a typical case and literature review.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  20. Imaging Findings ofNuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2022
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8 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

5 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Norbert GalldiksDept. of Neurology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany; Center of Integrated Oncology (CIO), Universities of Cologne and Bonn, Cologne, Germany.
Ian LawDept.of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and PET, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Whitney B PopeDept. of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Javier ArbizuDept. of Nuclear Medicine, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Karl-Josef LangenInstitute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany; Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
Clinica Universidad de Navarra · ESForschungszentrum Jülich · DERigshospitalet · DKRWTH Aachen University · DEUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Routine diagnostics and treatment monitoring of brain tumors is usually based on contrast-enhanced MRI. However, the capacity of conventional MRI to differentiate tumor tissue from posttherapeutic effects following neurosurgical resection, chemoradiation, alkylating chemotherapy, radiosurgery, and/or immunotherapy may be limited. Metabolic imaging using PET can provide relevant additional information on tumor metabolism, which allows for more accurate diagnostics especially in clinically equivocal situations. This review article focuses predominantly on the amino acid PET tracers

Indexed as

Amino AcidsBrain NeoplasmsRadiopharmaceuticalsDihydroxyphenylalanineHumansMethioninePositron-Emission TomographyTyrosineAmino AcidsDihydroxyphenylalaninefluorodopa F 18Methioninemethionine methyl esterO-(2-fluoroethyl)tyrosineRadiopharmaceuticalsTyrosineBevacizumabCheckpoint inhibitorsFDOPAFETGliomaImmunotherapyMETPETPseudoprogressionPseudoresponseTemozolomide

Identifiers

PMID28116231
PMCPMC5226808
OpenAlexW2564342508

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Registered trials

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.