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ReviewNuclear medicine and molecular imaging2018

Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy and the Treatment of Gastroentero-pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: Current Findings and Future Perspectives.

Nader Hirmas, Raya Jadaan, Akram Al-Ibraheem

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In one paragraph

Review in Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Response to targeted radionuclide therapy with [Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022
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  11. JCO global oncology · 2021
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  12. Drug Development in Neuroendocrine Tumors: What Is on the Horizon?Current treatment options in oncology · 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nader Hirmas1Department of Nuclear Medicine, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan.
Raya Jadaan2Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Akram Al-Ibraheem1Department of Nuclear Medicine, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0002-0978-4716
King Hussein Cancer Center · JOUniversity of Jordan · JO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PURPOSE AND

methodsPatients with inoperable and metastasized neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), particularly those with grades 1 and 2, usually receive treatment with somatostatin analogues (SSAs). Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) has gained momentum over the past two decades in patients who progress on SSAs. 177Lu-DOTATATE is currently the most widely used radiopeptide for PRRT. We reviewed the recent evidence on PRRT and the treatment of gastroentero-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs).

results

conclusionOverall, there is evidence that disease control and quality of life improve significantly after 117Lu PRRT therapy. Clinical trials on this therapy are scarce, and there is a need for further studies to establish proper management guidelines.

Indexed as

LutetiumNeuroendocrine tumorsNuclear medicinePeptide receptor radionuclide therapyTheranostics

Identifiers

PMID29942397
PMCPMC5995780
OpenAlexW2795287337

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