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Trial reportJournal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine2021

Lymphocyte Infiltration Determines the Hypoxia-Dependent Response to Definitive Chemoradiation in Head-and-Neck Cancer: Results from a Prospective Imaging Trial.

Nils H Nicolay, Alexander Rühle, Nicole Wiedenmann, Gabriele Niedermann, Michael Mix, Wolfgang A Weber, Dimos Baltas, Martin Werner, Gian Kayser, Anca-L Grosu

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prognostic significance of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and macrophages in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2022
    Pooled it
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  3. Biologically Individualized Radiotherapy Based on PET: A Novel Approach to Treatment Optimization of Head and Neck Cancer.Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2026
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  4. Salivary biomarkers: a promising approach for predicting immunotherapy response in head and neck cancers.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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  9. Y-Chromosome-Linked Genes Are Associated With Sex-Related Head-Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Survival.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2023
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  15. Cancers · 2021
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  16. [Aggressive radiotherapy de-escalation for HPV-associated oropharyngeal carcinoma based on hypoxia dynamics].Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2021
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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

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Nils H NicolayDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany nils.nicolay@uniklinik-freiburg.de.
Alexander RühleDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Nicole WiedenmannDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Gabriele NiedermannDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Michael MixDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Wolfgang A WeberDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany; and.
Dimos BaltasDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Martin WernerGerman Cancer Consortium, Partner Site Freiburg and German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
Gian KayserGerman Cancer Consortium, Partner Site Freiburg and German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
Anca-L GrosuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
University of Freiburg · DEHeidelberg University · DEUniversity Medical Center Freiburg · DETechnical University of Munich · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor hypoxia in head-and-neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) leads to an immunosuppressive microenvironment and reduces the response to radiotherapy. In this prospective imaging trial, we investigated potential interactions between functional hypoxia imaging and infiltrating lymphocyte levels as a potential predictor for treatment response in HNSCC patients.

Indexed as

Neoadjuvant TherapyPositron-Emission TomographyAdultFemaleHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansLymphocytesMaleMiddle AgedProgression-Free SurvivalProspective StudiesTumor HypoxiachemoradiationFMISO PEThead-and-neck cancerhypoxiaimmune system

Identifiers

PMID32859699
PMCPMC8049369
OpenAlexW3082371995

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