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ReviewCancers2020

Clinical Results of Fibroblast Activation Protein (FAP) Specific PET and Implications for Radiotherapy Planning: Systematic Review.

Paul Windisch, Daniel R Zwahlen, Stefan A Koerber, Frederik L Giesel, Jürgen Debus, Uwe Haberkorn, Sebastian Adeberg

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  4. Increased uptake ofEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2022
    Trial
  5. Automated and manual synthesis of [EJNMMI radiopharmacy and chemistry · 2026
    Article
  6. "FAPI-PET: a new chapter in oncologic molecular imaging".Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026
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  8. Production and Quality Control of [Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
    Article
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  11. Automated Radiosynthesis of [Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  12. Dual-tracer PET/CT protocol with [Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2024
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  13. The comparative utility of FAPI-based PET radiotracers over [American journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2024
    Review
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  15. PET Imaging of Fibroblast Activation Protein in Various Types of Cancer UsingJournal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2023
    Article
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  18. Albumin Binder-Conjugated Fibroblast Activation Protein Inhibitor Radiopharmaceuticals for Cancer Therapy.Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2022
    Article
  19. Fatty acid-conjugated radiopharmaceuticals for fibroblast activation protein-targeted radiotherapy.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2022
    Article
  20. Review
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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Paul WindischDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Kantonsspital Winterthur, 8400 Winterthur, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-1040-4888
Daniel R ZwahlenDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Kantonsspital Winterthur, 8400 Winterthur, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-4359-7735
Stefan A KoerberDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Frederik L GieselDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Jürgen DebusDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Uwe HaberkornDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Sebastian AdebergDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8463-514X
German Cancer Research Center · DEKantonsspital Winterthur · CHHeidelberg University · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small molecules targeting fibroblast activation protein (FAP) have emerged as a new group of tracers for positron emission tomography (PET) in 2018. The purpose of this systematic review is therefore to summarize the evidence that has been gathered to date in patients and to discuss its possible implications for radiotherapy planning. The MEDLINE database was searched for the use of FAP-specific PET in cancer patients and the records were screened according to PRISMA guidelines. Nineteen studies were included. While dedicated analyses of FAP-specific PET for radiotherapy planning were available for glioblastoma, head and neck cancers, lung cancer, and tumors of the lower gastrointestinal tract, there is still very limited data for several epidemiologically significant cancers. In conclusion, FAP-specific PET represents a promising imaging modality for radiotherapy planning that warrants further research.

Indexed as

fibroblast activation proteinPETPET-CTpositron emission tomographypositron emission tomography-computed tomographyradiotherapystaging

Identifiers

PMID32942573
PMCPMC7564725
OpenAlexW3085423599

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