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ReviewCureus2018

Assessment of Treatment Response Following Yttrium-90 Transarterial Radioembolization of Liver Malignancies.

Charles S Adcock, Edward Florez, Kevin A Zand, Akash Patel, Candace M Howard, Ali Fatemi

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Review in Cureus, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Charles S AdcockRadiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA.
Edward FlorezRadiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA.
Kevin A ZandRadiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA.
Akash PatelInterventional Radiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA.
Candace M HowardRadiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA.
Ali FatemiRadiation Oncology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, USA.
Jackson Memorial Hospital · USUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center · US

Funding

Tracking and Evaluation CoreU54GM115428 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CTR · PI HALL, JOHN E · 2016 to 2025
$38.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM115428
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transarterial radioembolization using yttrium-90 microspheres is an established and effective treatment for liver malignancies. Determining response to this treatment is difficult due to the radical changes that occur in tissue as a response to radiation. Though accurate assessment of treatment response is paramount for proper patient disposition, there is currently no standardized assessment protocol. Current methods of assessment often consider changes in size, necrosis, vascularity, fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography FDG-PET metabolic activity, and diffusion using diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI). Current methods of assessment require a lag time of one to two months post-treatment to determine treatment effectiveness. This delay is a hindrance to obtaining better patient outcomes, giving rise to a need to identify markers for faster determination of treatment efficacy.

Indexed as

brachytherapyfdg-petliver cancermalignant tumourmripost-treatment evaluationradiation therapytumour necrosistumour vascularityy90 transarterial radioembolization

Identifiers

PMID30175001
PMCPMC6116887
OpenAlexW2809704545

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Registered trials

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