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ArticleEJNMMI research2017

Clinical value of fluorine-18α-methyltyrosine PET in patients with gliomas: comparison with fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET.

Keishi Horiguchi, Masahiko Tosaka, Tetsuya Higuchi, Yukiko Arisaka, Kenichi Sugawara, Junko Hirato, Hideaki Yokoo, Yoshito Tsushima, Yuhei Yoshimoto

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Article in EJNMMI research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 34% 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

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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Keishi HoriguchiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan. keishi6364ns@mac.com.
Masahiko TosakaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan.
Tetsuya HiguchiDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
Yukiko ArisakaDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
Kenichi SugawaraDepartment of Neurosurgery, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan.
Junko HiratoDepartment of Pathology, Gunma University Hospital, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
Hideaki YokooDepartment of Human Pathology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
Yoshito TsushimaDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
Yuhei YoshimotoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan.
Gunma University · JPGunma University Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe investigated the relationship between metabolic activity and histological features of gliomas using fluorine-18α-methyltyrosine (

resultsMedian T/N ratio of

conclusionsThe T/N ratio of

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18F-FAMT18F-FDGGliomaMIB-1 labeling indexPET

Identifiers

PMID28567708
PMCPMC5451375
OpenAlexW2617800289

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