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ArticlePediatric blood & cancer2023

Assessing the role of positron emission tomography and bone scintigraphy in imaging of pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB): A report from the International PPB/DICER1 Registry.

Kelly N Hagedorn, Alexander T Nelson, Alexander J Towbin, Nicole Frederickson, Paige Mallinger, John T Lucas, Louis P Dehner, Yoav H Messinger, Barry L Shulkin, William A Mize and 1 more

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Article in Pediatric blood & cancer, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Update on Pediatric Surveillance Recommendations for PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome, DICER1-Related Tumor Predisposition, and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Kelly N HagedornDepartment of Radiology, Children's Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6251-9359
Alexander T NelsonInternational Pleuropulmonary Blastoma/DICER1 Registry, Children's Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1611-4577
Alexander J TowbinDepartment of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1729-5071
Nicole FredericksonInternational Pleuropulmonary Blastoma/DICER1 Registry, Children's Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Paige MallingerInternational Pleuropulmonary Blastoma/DICER1 Registry, Children's Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
John T LucasDepartment of Radiation Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4139-4160
Louis P DehnerDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Lauren V. Ackerman Laboratory of Surgical Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Yoav H MessingerInternational Pleuropulmonary Blastoma/DICER1 Registry, Children's Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7990-1802
Barry L ShulkinDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4784-7914
William A MizeDepartment of Radiology, Children's Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Kris Ann P SchultzInternational Pleuropulmonary Blastoma/DICER1 Registry, Children's Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1788-5832
National Marrow Donor Program · USChildren's Minnesota · USSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital · USCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

DICER1 and the Pleuropulmonary Blastoma Family Cancer SyndromeR01CA143167 · NCI · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI HILL, DANA ASHLEY · 2010 to 2020
$3.7M
Detecting DICER1: A global partnership to cure pediatric lung cancerR37CA244940 · NCI · CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS · PI Kris Ann Pinekenstein Schultz · 2020 to 2026
$2.4M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA143167NCI NIH HHS R37 CA244940
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is the most common primary lung neoplasm of infancy and early childhood. Given the rarity of PPB, the role of positron emission tomography (PET) and bone scintigraphy (bone scans) in diagnostic evaluation and surveillance has not been documented to date. Available PET and bone scan data are presented in this study. PROCEDURES: Patients with PPB enrolled in the International PPB/DICER1 Registry and available PET imaging and/or bone scan reports were retrospectively abstracted.

resultsOn retrospective analysis, 133 patients with type II and III (advanced) PPB were identified with available report(s) (PET scan only = 34, bone scan only = 83, and both bone scan and PET = 16). All advanced primary PPB (n = 11) and recurrent (n = 8) tumors prior to treatment presented with

conclusionPrimary, recurrent, and/or extracranial metastatic PPB presents with an FDG-avid lesion on PET imaging. Additional prospective studies are needed to fully assess the utility of nuclear medicine imaging in surveillance for patients with advanced PPB.

Indexed as

Bone NeoplasmsFluorodeoxyglucose F18Child, PreschoolDEAD-box RNA HelicasesHumansPositron-Emission TomographyPulmonary BlastomaRadionuclide ImagingRadiopharmaceuticalsRegistriesRetrospective StudiesRibonuclease IIISensitivity and SpecificityDEAD-box RNA HelicasesDICER1 protein, humanFluorodeoxyglucose F18RadiopharmaceuticalsRibonuclease IIIbone scanDICER1DICER1-related tumor predispositionPETpleuropulmonary blastomatype III PPBtype II PPB

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PMID37592371
PMCPMC10538369
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