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ReviewJournal of hematology & oncology2018

Diagnosis, treatment, and response assessment in solitary plasmacytoma: updated recommendations from a European Expert Panel.

J Caers, B Paiva, E Zamagni, X Leleu, J Bladé, S Y Kristinsson, C Touzeau, N Abildgaard, E Terpos, R Heusschen and 10 more

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Review in Journal of hematology & oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 174 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
174citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
16.7field-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.

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

174 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 312 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Solitary Bone Plasmacytoma of Left Wrist Joint - A Case Report.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2026
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114 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

20 authors at 15 institutions in 11 countries.

J CaersDepartment of Hematology, CHU de Liège, Liège, Belgium. jo.caers@chu.ulg.ac.be.ORCID 0000-0002-3175-1195
B PaivaClinica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigacion Medica Aplicadas (CIMA); Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra (IDISNA), CIBERONC, Pamplona, Spain.
E ZamagniSeràgnoli Institute of Hematology, Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna, Italy.
X LeleuHopital La Miletrie, University Hospital of Poitiers, Poitiers, France.
J BladéDepartment of Hematology, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain.
S Y KristinssonDepartment of Hematology, Landspitali National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland.
C TouzeauDepartment of Hematology, University Hospital Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France.
N AbildgaardDepartment of Hematology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
E TerposDepartment of Clinical Therapeutics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
R HeusschenDepartment of Hematology, CHU de Liège, Liège, Belgium.
E OcioInstituto de Investigacion Biomedica de Salamanca, Centro de Investigación del Cancer, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
M DelforgeDepartment of Hematology, University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
O SezerDepartment of Haematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Universitaetsklinikum Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
M BeksacDepartment of Hematology, University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkey.
H LudwigDepartment of Medicine I, Wilhelminen Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
G MerliniDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Amyloidosis Research and Treatment Center, Foundation 'Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Policlinico San Matteo', University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
P MoreauDepartment of Hematology, University Hospital Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, France.
S ZweegmanDepartment of Hematology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
M EngelhardtDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, University of Freiburg Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany.
L RosiñolDepartment of Hematology, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain.
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège · BEHospital Clínic de Barcelona · ESAmsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NLAnkara University · TRCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers · FREppendorf (Germany) · DEInstituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca · ESKU Leuven · BENational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRNational University Hospital of Iceland · ISNavarre Institute of Health Research · ESOdense University Hospital · DKUniversity of Freiburg · DEUniversity of Pavia · ITWilhelminen Hospital · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solitary plasmacytoma is an infrequent form of plasma cell dyscrasia that presents as a single mass of monoclonal plasma cells, located either extramedullary or intraosseous. In some patients, a bone marrow aspiration can detect a low monoclonal plasma cell infiltration which indicates a high risk of early progression to an overt myeloma disease. Before treatment initiation, whole body positron emission tomography-computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging should be performed to exclude the presence of additional malignant lesions. For decades, treatment has been based on high-dose radiation, but studies exploring the potential benefit of systemic therapies for high-risk patients are urgently needed. In this review, a panel of expert European hematologists updates the recommendations on the diagnosis and management of patients with solitary plasmacytoma.

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Disease ManagementEuropeHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingPlasmacytomaPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyPrognosisTreatment OutcomeExtramedullary plasmacytomaMRIMyelomaPET/CTPlasma cell dyscrasiaRadiotherapySolitary plasmacytoma

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PMID29338789
PMCPMC5771205
OpenAlexW2784269668

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