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ArticleRadiation oncology (London, England)2023

Prognostic value of baseline

Lianshuang Xia, Xiaoxu Li, Jie Zhu, Zhaisong Gao, Ju Zhang, Guangjie Yang, Zhenguang Wang

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Article in Radiation oncology (London, England), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The prognostic value of pretreatment [European radiology · 2025
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  2. Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2026
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  5. Development and Validation of anJCO clinical cancer informatics · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lianshuang XiaDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
Xiaoxu LiDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
Jie ZhuDepartment of Scientific Research Management and Foreign Affairs, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
Zhaisong GaoDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
Ju ZhangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China.
Guangjie YangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China. ygj_2815@qdu.edu.cn.
Zhenguang WangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China. wangzhenguang@qdu.edu.cn.
Qingdao University · CNAffiliated Hospital of Qingdao University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo investigate the prognostic value of baseline

methodsA total of 98 ESCC patients with cTNM stage T1-4, N1-3, M0 who received definitive (chemo)radiotherapy after

resultsUnivariate analysis showed that tumor location, SUV

conclusionsBefore treatment,

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Esophageal NeoplasmsEsophageal Squamous Cell CarcinomaFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansPositron-Emission TomographyPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyPrognosisRadiopharmaceuticalsRetrospective StudiesTumor BurdenFluorodeoxyglucose F18Radiopharmaceuticals18F-FDG PET/CTDefinitive treatmentEsophageal squamous cell carcinomaPrognosis

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PMID36829219
PMCPMC9960216
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