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ArticleOncology letters2019

Metabolic tumor volume predicts overall survival in patients with primary pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma.

Chun-Yu Lin, Yu-Chuan Chang, I-Ting Wang, Meng-Heng Hsieh, Chih-Wei Wang, Shu-Min Lin, Ching-Yang Wu, Yueh-Fu Fang

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Article in Oncology letters, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Biological tumor volume predicts survival in recurrent High-Grade glioma: A multiparametric [European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Chun-Yu LinDepartment of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan 33305, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Yu-Chuan ChangDepartment of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33305, Taiwan, R.O.C.
I-Ting WangDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 10491, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Meng-Heng HsiehDepartment of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan 33305, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Chih-Wei WangDepartment of Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33305, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Shu-Min LinDepartment of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan 33305, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Ching-Yang WuDepartment of Surgery, Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33305, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Yueh-Fu FangDepartment of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Taoyuan 33305, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pretreatment tumor metabolic burden, measured using fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computerized tomography (

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Epstein-Barr virus DNAfluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computerized tomographymetabolic tumor volumeprognosispulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma

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PMCPMC6864931

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