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ReviewEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2021

PET/CT imaging for evaluation of multimodal treatment efficacy and toxicity in advanced NSCLC-current state and future directions.

Chukwuka Eze, Nina-Sophie Schmidt-Hegemann, Lino Morris Sawicki, Julian Kirchner, Olarn Roengvoraphoj, Lukas Käsmann, Lena M Mittlmeier, Wolfgang G Kunz, Amanda Tufman, Julien Dinkel and 4 more

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In one paragraph

Review in European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07203495 (An Observational Clinical Study on the Spatiotemporal Changes and Prognostic Value of the 18F-FDG PET Neuro-Metabolic Network), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT07203495 active not recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

An Observational Clinical Study on the Spatiotemporal Changes and Prognostic Value of the 18F-FDG PET Neuro-Metabolic Network

Typeobservational_patient_registrySponsorThe First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou UniversityRan2025 to 2027Enrolled200ConditionsLung Diseases, Endocrine Diseases, Gastrointestinal Diseases
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 55 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

14 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Chukwuka EzeDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany. Chukwuka.Eze@med.uni-muenchen.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3779-1398
Nina-Sophie Schmidt-HegemannDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Lino Morris SawickiMedical Faculty, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Dusseldorf, D-40225, Dusseldorf, Germany.
Julian KirchnerMedical Faculty, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Dusseldorf, D-40225, Dusseldorf, Germany.
Olarn RoengvoraphojDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Lukas KäsmannDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Lena M MittlmeierDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Wolfgang G KunzDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Amanda TufmanComprehensive Pneumology Center Munich (CPC-M), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Munich, Germany.
Julien DinkelComprehensive Pneumology Center Munich (CPC-M), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Munich, Germany.
Jens RickeDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Claus BelkaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Farkhad ManapovDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Marcus UnterrainerDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
LMU Klinikum · DEGerman Cancer Research Center · DEHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DEGerman Center for Lung Research · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe advent of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has revolutionized the treatment of advanced NSCLC, leading to a string of approvals in recent years. Herein, a narrative review on the role of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) in the ever-evolving treatment landscape of advanced NSCLC is presented.

methodsThis comprehensive review will begin with an introduction into current treatment paradigms incorporating ICIs; the evolution of CT-based criteria; moving onto novel phenomena observed with ICIs and the current state of hybrid imaging for diagnosis, treatment planning, evaluation of treatment efficacy and toxicity in advanced NSCLC, also taking into consideration its limitations and future directions.

conclusionsThe advent of ICIs marks the dawn of a new era bringing forth new challenges particularly vis-à-vis treatment response assessment and observation of novel phenomena accompanied by novel systemic side effects. While FDG PET/CT is widely adopted for tumor volume delineation in locally advanced disease, response assessment to immunotherapy based on current criteria is of high clinical value but has its inherent limitations. In recent years, modifications of established (PET)/CT criteria have been proposed to provide more refined approaches towards response evaluation. Not only a comprehensive inclusion of PET-based response criteria in prospective randomized controlled trials, but also a general harmonization within the variety of PET-based response criteria is pertinent to strengthen clinical implementation and widespread use of hybrid imaging for response assessment in NSCLC.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungLung NeoplasmsCombined Modality TherapyFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansPositron-Emission TomographyPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyProspective StudiesFluorodeoxyglucose F18ImmunotherapyLung cancerPETRadiation oncology

Identifiers

PMID33760957
PMCPMC8484219
OpenAlexW3138152895

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