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ReviewCell and tissue research2018

Molecular imaging and theranostic approaches in pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma.

David Taïeb, Karel Pacak

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Review in Cell and tissue research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Pheochromocytomas and Paragangliomas.Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America · 2026
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  3. Adrenal causes of endocrine hypertension in childhood or adolescence.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2025
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  7. Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2022
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  10. Precision Medicine in Phaeochromocytoma and Paraganglioma.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021
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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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

David TaïebDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, La Timone University Hospital, CERIMED, Aix-Marseille University, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13385, Marseille, France. david.taieb@ap-hm.fr.
Karel PacakSection on Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Aix-Marseille Université · FRNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Diagnosis, Pathophysiology And Molecular Biology of Pheochromocytoma and ParagangliomaZIAHD008735 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI PACAK, KAREL · 2009 to 2024
$28.4M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA HD008735
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pheochromocytomas and their extra-adrenal counterpart paragangliomas (PGLs; together called PPGLs), belong to the family of neural crest-derived tumors. Given the overexpression of a wide variety of specific targets in PPGLs, it seems that these tumors are optimally suited to be imaged by specific radiopharmaceuticals. Thus, theranostics approaches with somatostatin agonists and antagonists are rapidly evolving in the setting of these tumors and may be considered as the next step in the therapeutic arsenal of metastatic PPGLs.

Indexed as

Molecular ImagingTheranostic NanomedicineAdrenal Gland NeoplasmsHumansParagangliomaPheochromocytomaRadiopharmaceuticalsRadiopharmaceuticals6-(18F)fluoro-L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanineDOTA-analoguesGallium-68NeuroendocrineParagangliomasPositron emission tomographySomatostatin

Identifiers

PMID29450723
PMCPMC7442158
OpenAlexW2788083822

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Registered trials

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