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ReviewMolecular and clinical oncology2020

Improving post-CRT neck assessment in patients with HPV-associated OPSCC (Review).

Michael Wotman, Maged Ghaly, Luke Massaro, Tristan Tham, Nagashree Seetharamu, Dev Kamdar, Douglas Frank, Dennis Kraus, Sewit Teckie

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Review in Molecular and clinical oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 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

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael WotmanDepartment of Radiation Medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York, NY 11549, USA.
Maged GhalyDepartment of Radiation Medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York, NY 11549, USA.
Luke MassaroDepartment of Radiation Medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York, NY 11549, USA.
Tristan ThamDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York, NY 11549, USA.
Nagashree SeetharamuDepartment of Medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York, NY 11549, USA.
Dev KamdarDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York, NY 11549, USA.
Douglas FrankDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York, NY 11549, USA.
Dennis KrausDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York, NY 11549, USA.
Sewit TeckieDepartment of Radiation Medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York, NY 11549, USA.
Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The positive predictive value (PPV) of 12-week post-therapy FDG-PET/CT is low in patients with Human Papillomavirus (HPV)-associated Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OPSCC) after treatment with definitive chemoradiation (CRT). Moreover, the diagnostic performance of post-CRT fine needle aspiration (FNA) in detecting persistent disease is unknown in this population. Given these important shortcomings in post-CRT treatment assessment, head and neck oncologists are limited in appropriately selecting patients for consolidative neck dissection, which results in over-treatment of a favorable risk population. Using the PubMed database, we performed a literature review of published series in HPV-associated OPSCC to investigate potential strategies for improvement of post-CRT neck assessment. Several different approaches were found, including continued surveillance with PET/CT, delayed timing of restaging PET/CT, initial response evaluation with multimodality or alternative imaging, and detection of circulating HPV DNA. At present, the optimal approach to post-CRT treatment assessment is unclear; further investigation and incorporation of new technologies and surveillance protocols will be highly beneficial for patients with HPV-associated OPSCC.

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chemoradiotherapyhead and neck neoplasmsneck dissectionoropharyngeal neoplasmspapillomaviridaepositron-emission tomography

Identifiers

PMID32765872
PMCPMC7403806
OpenAlexW3043368706

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