Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35411411›Full record

ReviewArchives of gynecology and obstetrics2023

Risk stratification and outcomes in 210 gynecologic perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComas) cases.

Yanping Jiang, Xiaoqin Liu, Sai Zhang, Qian Wang, Qian Xu, Kulsoom Ghias, Lanqin Cao

Abstract readReview
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Review in Archives of gynecology and obstetrics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Malignant uterine PEComa: a narrative literature review and challenging case report.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2026
    Review
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yanping JiangDepartment of Gynecology, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Hunan Province, Xiangya Road, Kaifu District, Changsha, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3164-5659
Xiaoqin LiuDepartment of Gynecology, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Hunan Province, Xiangya Road, Kaifu District, Changsha, China.
Sai ZhangScientific Research Center, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, 410008, China.
Qian WangDepartment of Gynecology, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Hunan Province, Xiangya Road, Kaifu District, Changsha, China.
Qian XuDepartment of Gynecology, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Hunan Province, Xiangya Road, Kaifu District, Changsha, China.
Kulsoom GhiasDepartment of Physiology, National University of Ireland, Galway, 999015, Ireland.
Lanqin CaoDepartment of Gynecology, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Hunan Province, Xiangya Road, Kaifu District, Changsha, China. caolanqin@163.com.
Central South University · CNOllscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo better understand the risk stratification and outcomes of gynecologic PEComas.

methodsClinicopathological features and outcomes of gynecologic PEComas cases reported in both English and Chinese literature before September, 2020 were evaluated. The efficacy of three proposed criteria were compared to verify their practicability in gynecologic PEComas. The Chi-square test and Cox proportional hazard model were performed for statistical analysis.

resultsA total of 210 cases were retrieved: 95 from English literature and 115 from Chinese literature. The Flope criterion achieved an accuracy of 47% for detecting malignancy of gynecologic PEComas, 64.2% for the Schoolmeester criterion, and 63.8% for the WHO criterion. Both Chi-square test and uni-variate analysis showed that tumor size ≥ 5 cm, infiltrative growth pattern, mitotic rate ≥ 1/50 high per filed (HPF), high nuclear grade and cellularity, necrosis, and vascular invasion were significantly related to recurrence and/or metastasis (R/M) of gynecologic PEComas. Still only high mitotic rate (≥ 1/50 HPF), high nuclear grade and cellularity, and necrosis significantly influenced the long-term survival. Multi-variate analysis showed high nuclear grade and cellularity was an independent risk factor for R/M of gynecologic PEComas. No model was fitted for the death rate due to a small number of events. When defined malignant PEComas cases as meeting three or more out of six clinicopathologic features, the accuracy of such attempt was 62%, but the false-negative rate dropped by 37-55%.

conclusionsGynecologic PEComas with three or more high-risk factors may be considered as malignant. Further efforts should be invested to look for new potential prognostic factors.

Indexed as

Perivascular Epithelioid Cell NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorFemaleHumansNecrosisRisk AssessmentBiomarkers, TumorClinicopathological featuresGynecologic PEComasOutcomesRisk stratification

Identifiers

PMID35411411
OpenAlexW4223514255

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.