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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2023

Prognostic value of pretreatment

Guozhu Hou, Ningning Zhao, Fang Li, Hongli Jing, Rong Zheng

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. The prognostic value of pretreatment [European radiology · 2025
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  3. The utility of quantitativeAsia Oceania journal of nuclear medicine & biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Guozhu HouNuclear Medicine Department (PET-CT Center), National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Ningning ZhaoDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang, Shandong, China.
Fang LiDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Hongli JingDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Rong ZhengNuclear Medicine Department (PET-CT Center), National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNNational Cancer Center · USNational Clinical Research · USPeking Union Medical College Hospital · CNWeifang People's Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this bicentric retrospective study was to assess the prognostic value of Methods: From the database of two centers, 28 patients affected by esophageal high-grade NECs who underwent Results: After a median follow-up period of 22 months, disease progression occurred in 11 (39.3%) patients, and death occurred in 8 (28.6%) patients. The median PFS was 34 months, and the median OS was not reached. Univariate analyses revealed that among metabolic parameters, only MTV and TLG were significant prognostic factors, while among clinical variables, only distant metastasis was a significant factor for both PFS and OS (P< 0.05). On multivariate analyses, MTV and TLG were independent prognostic factors for both PFS and OS (P< 0.05). Conclusions: In patients with esophageal high-grade NEC, MTV and TLG measured on pretreatment

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esophageal neuroendocrine neoplasmFDGmetabolic tumor volumePET/CTprognosis

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