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Trial reportNeuro-oncology2018

Diagnostic accuracy of 2-hydroxyglutarate magnetic resonance spectroscopy in newly diagnosed brain mass and suspected recurrent gliomas.

Min Zhou, Yue Zhou, Huijun Liao, Benjamin C Rowland, Xiangquan Kong, Nils D Arvold, David A Reardon, Patrick Y Wen, Alexander P Lin, Raymond Y Huang

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Trial report in Neuro-oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Magnetic resonance letters · 2026
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  3. Imaging the hallmarks of cancer.Nature reviews. Cancer · 2026
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  6. Diagnostic Accuracy ofJournal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 2025
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  10. IDH mutant high-grade gliomas.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2025
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  12. Optimization and validation of echo times of point-resolved spectroscopy for cystathionine detection in gliomas.Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2024
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  19. Imaging diagnosis and treatment selection for brain tumors in the era of molecular therapeutics.Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Min ZhouCenter for Clinical Spectroscopy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Yue ZhouCenter for Clinical Spectroscopy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Huijun LiaoCenter for Clinical Spectroscopy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Benjamin C RowlandCenter for Clinical Spectroscopy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Xiangquan KongDepartment of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Nils D ArvoldSt Luke's Radiation Oncology Associates, St Luke's Regional Cancer Center, and Whiteside Institute for Clinical Research/University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota, USA.
David A ReardonCenter for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Patrick Y WenCenter for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Alexander P LinCenter for Clinical Spectroscopy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Raymond Y HuangDepartment of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Harvard University · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USHuazhong University of Science and Technology · CNCenter for Neuro-Oncology · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · USUniversity of Minnesota, Duluth · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutations result in abnormal accumulation of 2-hydroxyglutarate (2HG) in gliomas that can be detected by MRS. We examined the diagnostic accuracy of 2HG single-voxel spectroscopy (SVS) and chemical shift imaging (CSI) in both newly diagnosed and posttreatment settings. Methods: Long echo time (97 ms) SVS and CSI were acquired in 85 subjects, including a discovery cohort of 39 patients who had postoperative residual or recurrent glioma with confirmed IDH-mutation status and 6 normal volunteers, a prospective preoperative validation cohort of 24 patients with newly diagnosed brain mass, and a prospective recurrent-lesion validation cohort of 16 previously treated IDH-mutant glioma patients with suspected tumor recurrence. The optimal thresholds for both methods in diagnosing IDH status were determined by receiver operating characteristic analysis in the discovery cohort and then applied to the 2 validation cohorts to assess the diagnostic performance. Results: The optimal 2HG/creatine thresholds of SVS and 75th percentile CSI for IDH mutations were 0.11 and 0.23, respectively. When applied to the validation sets, the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy in distinguishing IDH-mutant gliomas in the preoperative cohort were 85.71%, 100.00%, and 94.12% for SVS, and 100.00%, 69.23%, and 81.82% for CSI, respectively. In the recurrent-lesion cohort, the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy for discriminating IDH-positive recurrent gliomas were 40.00%, 62.50%, and 53.85% for SVS, and 66.67%, 100.00%, and 86.67% for CSI, respectively. Conclusions: 2HG MRS provides diagnostic utility for IDH-mutant gliomas both preoperatively and at time of suspected tumor recurrence. SVS has a better diagnostic performance for untreated IDH-mutant gliomas, whereas CSI demonstrates greater performance in identifying recurrent tumors.

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AdultAgedBrain NeoplasmsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGliomaGlutaratesHumansIsocitrate DehydrogenaseMagnetic Resonance ImagingMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMaleMiddle AgedMutationNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPrognosisalpha-hydroxyglutarateGlutaratesIsocitrate Dehydrogenase

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PMID29438510
PMCPMC6071662
OpenAlexW2607954736

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