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ReviewBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Assessment of Skeletal Tumor Load in Metastasized Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Patients: A Review of Available Methods and an Overview on Future Perspectives.

Francesco Fiz, Helmut Dittman, Cristina Campi, Silvia Morbelli, Cecilia Marini, Massimo Brignone, Matteo Bauckneht, Roberta Piva, Anna Maria Massone, Michele Piana and 2 more

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Review in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Francesco FizNuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Radiology, Uni-Klinikum Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany. Francesco.fiz.nm@gmail.com.
Helmut DittmanNuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Radiology, Uni-Klinikum Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany. Helmut.Dittmann@med.uni-tuebingen.de.
Cristina CampiNuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine-DIMED, University Hospital of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy. cristina.campi@gmail.com.
Silvia MorbelliNuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy. silviadaniela.morbelli@hsanmartino.it.
Cecilia MariniNational Council of Research-IBFM, 16132 Genoa, Italy. c1570@unige.it.
Massimo BrignoneDepartment of Engineering, University of Genoa, Pole of Savona, 17100 Savona, Italy. massimo.brignone@unige.it.ORCID 0000-0003-1988-9965
Matteo BaucknehtNuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy. bauckneht@yahoo.com.ORCID 0000-0002-1937-9116
Roberta PivaNuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy. pivaroberta@hotmail.it.
Anna Maria MassoneNational Council of Research-SPIN, 16152 Genoa, Italy. annamaria.massone@cnr.it.
Michele PianaNational Council of Research-SPIN, 16152 Genoa, Italy. piana@dima.unige.it.
Gianmario SambucetiNuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy. sambuceti@unige.it.
Christian la FougèreNuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Radiology, Uni-Klinikum Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany. christian.lafougere@uni-tuebingen.de.
University of Genoa · ITUniversitätsklinikum Tübingen · DESuperconducting and other Innovative Materials and Devices Institute · ITUniversity of Padua · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metastasized castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), is the most advanced form of prostate neoplasia, where massive spread to the skeletal tissue is frequent. Patients with this condition are benefiting from an increasing number of treatment options. However, assessing tumor response in patients with multiple localizations might be challenging. For this reason, many computational approaches have been developed in the last decades to quantify the skeletal tumor burden and treatment response. In this review, we analyzed the progressive development and diffusion of such approaches. A computerized literature search of the PubMed/Medline was conducted, including articles between January 2008 and March 2018. The search was expanded by manually reviewing the reference list of the chosen articles. Thirty-five studies were identified. The number of eligible studies greatly increased over time. Studies could be categorized in the following categories: automated analysis of 2D scans, SUV-based thresholding, hybrid CT- and SUV-based thresholding, and MRI-based thresholding. All methods are discussed in detail. Automated analysis of bone tumor burden in mCRPC is a growing field of research; when choosing the appropriate method of analysis, it is important to consider the possible advantages as well as the limitations thoroughly.

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bone metastasesbone scancomputational analysismCRPCPET-CT

Identifiers

PMID30060546
PMCPMC6163573
OpenAlexW2883112962

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