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ArticleInternational journal of medical sciences2021

Value of pretreatment 18F-FDG PET/CT in prognosis and the reflection of tumor burden: a study in pediatric patients with newly diagnosed neuroblastoma.

Shuai Man, Jie Yan, Jie Li, Yanna Cao, Jiajian Hu, Wenchao Ma, Jianjing Liu, Qiang Zhao

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Article in International journal of medical sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2025
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  6. Recommendations for the use of nuclear medicine imaging in patients with neuroblastoma.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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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Shuai ManDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy of Tianjin, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Jie YanDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy of Tianjin, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Jie LiDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy of Tianjin, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Yanna CaoDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy of Tianjin, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Jiajian HuDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy of Tianjin, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Wenchao MaDepartment of Molecular Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Jianjing LiuDepartment of Molecular Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Qiang ZhaoDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy of Tianjin, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China.
Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital · CNNational Clinical Research · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET/CT has been commonly used in pediatric patients with newly diagnosed neuroblastoma (NB) for diagnosis. We retrospectively reviewed 40 pediatric patients with newly diagnosed NB who underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT. Clinicopathological factors and metabolic parameters including maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax), metabolic tumor volume (MTV), and total lesion glycolysis (TLG) on PET/CT were evaluated as predictive factors for progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) by univariate and multivariate analysis. Spearman rank correlation analyses were used to estimate the correlations between clinical factors and PET findings. The mean follow-up after 18F-FDG-PET/CT was 32.9 months. During the follow-up period 15 (37.5%) patients experienced progression, and 9 (22.5%) died. MTV (P=0.001) and TLG (p=0.004) remained significant predictive factors for tumor progression, along with lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and bone metastasis. Univariate analysis showed that bone metastasis, LDH (>1064 IU/L), NSE (>364.4 ug/L), MTV (>191 cm3) and TLG (>341.41 g) correlated with PFS, and LDH (>1064 IU/L), NSE (>364.4 ug/L) and MTV (>191 cm

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Bone NeoplasmsChildChild, PreschoolFeasibility StudiesFemaleFluorodeoxyglucose F18Follow-Up StudiesHumansInfantMaleMultivariate AnalysisNeuroblastomaPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyPredictive Value of TestsPreoperative PeriodPrognosisFluorodeoxyglucose F1818F-FDG PET/CTMTVneuroblastomaprogressionTLGtumor burden

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PMID33746603
PMCPMC7976578
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