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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2021

Evaluation of

Sze Ting Lee, Niall Tebbutt, Hui Kong Gan, Zhanqi Liu, John Sachinidis, Kunthi Pathmaraj, Andrew Mark Scott

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 51% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 6 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

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Sze Ting LeeDepartment of Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Niall TebbuttSchool of Cancer Medicine, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Hui Kong GanTumor Targeting Laboratory, Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Zhanqi LiuTumor Targeting Laboratory, Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
John SachinidisDepartment of Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Kunthi PathmarajDepartment of Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Andrew Mark ScottDepartment of Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Austin Health · AULa Trobe University · AUOlivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre · AUUniversity of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionTumor hypoxia and angiogenesis are implicated in tumor growth and metastases, and anti-angiogenic therapies have an important role in treating patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. However, the prevalence of hypoxia has not been fully evaluated in colorectal liver metastases, and hypoxic response to anti-angiogenic therapy has not been clearly established. The aims of the study were to evaluate the changes seen on

methodsPatients with metastatic colorectal carcinoma planned for treatment with bevacizumab and chemotherapy received routine staging investigations prior to any treatment, including a FDG PET scan. A FMISO PET scan was performed within 4 weeks of staging tests, with blood specimens collected at that time for serum VEGF and osteopontin measurement. Follow-up FDG and FMISO scans were performed after 1 cycle of treatment. Results were compared to response (RECIST), progression free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS).

resultsA total of 15 patients were recruited into this prospective trial, of which 13 patients were evaluable for assessment of treatment follow-up. Baseline FDG uptake was higher than FMISO uptake, and there was a significant decrease in FDG uptake (SUV

conclusionsThis study shows that hypoxia in metastatic colorectal cancer, assessed by FMISO PET, shows minor changes following initial treatment with anti-angiogenic therapy, but is associated with therapeutic response. FDG PET uptake changes (SUV

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angiogenesisbevacizumabfluoromisonidazole (FMISO) positron emission tomography (PET)hypoxiametastatic colorectal carcinomaresponse

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PMID33816239
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