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ArticleEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2020

The superior predictive value of

Maarten L J Smits, Mathijs G Dassen, Jip F Prince, Arthur J A T Braat, Casper Beijst, Rutger C G Bruijnen, Hugo W A M de Jong, Marnix G E H Lam

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Article in European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

51 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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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

8 authors.

Maarten L J SmitsDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4735-655X
Mathijs G DassenDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Jip F PrinceDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Arthur J A T BraatDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Casper BeijstDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Rutger C G BruijnenDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Hugo W A M de JongDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Marnix G E H LamDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands. m.lam@umcutrecht.nl.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAs an alternative to technetium-99m-macroaggregated albumin (

methodsTwo separate scout dose procedures were performed (

resultsA total of 23 procedures (71 lesions, 22 patients) were included for analysis. In the qualitative analysis,

conclusionsIn this study,

Indexed as

Embolization, TherapeuticLiver NeoplasmsAlbuminsHumansMicrospheresPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyTechnetium Tc 99m Aggregated AlbuminTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonYttrium RadioisotopesAlbuminsTechnetium Tc 99m Aggregated AlbuminYttrium RadioisotopesDosimetryHolmium-166 microspheresRadioembolizationSIRTTechnetium-99m-MAA

Identifiers

PMID31399801
PMCPMC7075844

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