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ArticleScientific reports2021

The impact of particulate electron paramagnetic resonance oxygen sensors on fluorodeoxyglucose imaging characteristics detected via positron emission tomography.

Philip E Schaner, Ly-Binh-An Tran, Bassem I Zaki, Harold M Swartz, Eugene Demidenko, Benjamin B Williams, Alan Siegel, Periannan Kuppusamy, Ann Barry Flood, Bernard Gallez

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Philip E Schaner *Department of Medicine Section of Radiation Oncology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH, 03756, USA. Philip.E.Schaner@hitchcock.org.
Ly-Binh-An Tran *Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Universite Catholique du Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Bassem I ZakiDepartment of Medicine Section of Radiation Oncology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH, 03756, USA.
Harold M SwartzDepartment of Medicine Section of Radiation Oncology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH, 03756, USA.
Eugene DemidenkoDepartment of Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
Benjamin B WilliamsDepartment of Medicine Section of Radiation Oncology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH, 03756, USA.
Alan SiegelDepartment of Radiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA.
Periannan KuppusamyDepartment of Medicine Section of Radiation Oncology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH, 03756, USA.
Ann Barry FloodDepartment of Radiology, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.
Bernard GallezBiomedical Magnetic Resonance, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Universite Catholique du Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Dartmouth College · USDartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center · USUCLouvain · BE

Funding

Translational Engineering in Cancer (TEC)P30CA023108 · NCI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Steven D Leach · 1985 to 2026
$91.3M
Project 3: Direct & Repeated Measurement of pO2 in Deep-seated Tumors using EPR OP01CA190193 · NCI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI WILLIAMS, BENJAMIN B · 2015 to 2019
$7.0M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023108
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During a first-in-humans clinical trial investigating electron paramagnetic resonance tumor oximetry, a patient injected with the particulate oxygen sensor Printex ink was found to have unexpected fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in a dermal nodule via positron emission tomography (PET). This nodule co-localized with the Printex ink injection; biopsy of the area, due to concern for malignancy, revealed findings consistent with ink and an associated inflammatory reaction. Investigations were subsequently performed to assess the impact of oxygen sensors on FDG-PET/CT imaging. A retrospective analysis of three clinical tumor oximetry trials involving two oxygen sensors (charcoal particulates and LiNc-BuO microcrystals) in 22 patients was performed to evaluate FDG imaging characteristics. The impact of clinically used oxygen sensors (carbon black, charcoal particulates, LiNc-BuO microcrystals) on FDG-PET/CT imaging after implantation in rat muscle (n = 12) was investigated. The retrospective review revealed no other patients with FDG avidity associated with particulate sensors. The preclinical investigation found no injected oxygen sensor whose mean standard uptake values differed significantly from sham injections. The risk of a false-positive FDG-PET/CT scan due to oxygen sensors appears low. However, in the right clinical context the potential exists that an associated inflammatory reaction may confound interpretation.

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PMID33627688
PMCPMC7904945
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