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ReviewCancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society2023

FAP-targeted PET imaging in gastrointestinal malignancies: a comprehensive review.

Ayça Arçay Öztürk, Patrick Flamen

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Review in Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Diagnostic performance of [Frontiers in medicine · 2025
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  2. Asia Oceania journal of nuclear medicine & biology · 2026
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  5. Fibroblast Activation Protein Inhibitor (FAPI)-Based Theranostics.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ayça Arçay ÖztürkDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. ayca.arcayozturk@hubruxelles.be.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6020-1398
Patrick FlamenDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Université Libre de Bruxelles · BE

Funding

Amis de l'Institut Bordet 2022-32
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

F18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) plays a crucial role in tumour diagnosis, staging, and therapy response evaluation of various cancer types and has been a standard imaging modality used in clinical oncology practice for many years. However, it has certain limitations in evaluating some particular gastrointestinal cancer types due to low FDG-avidity or interphering physiological background activity. Fibroblast activation protein (FAP), a protein of the tumour microenvironment, is overexpressed in a wide range of cancers which makes it an attractive target for both tumour imaging and therapy. Recently, FAP-targeted radiopharmaceuticals are widely used in clinical research and achieved great results in tumour imaging. Considering the limitations of FDG PET/CT and the lack of physiological FAP-targeted tracer uptake in liver and intestinal loops, gastrointestinal cancers are among the most promising indications of FAP-targeted imaging. Herein, we present a comprehensive review of FAP-targeted imaging in gastrointestinal cancers in order to clarify the current and potential future role of this class of molecules in gastrointestinal oncology.

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal NeoplasmsPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansLiverPositron-Emission TomographyTumor MicroenvironmentFluorodeoxyglucose F18Cancer-associated fibroblastsColorectal cancerFAPIFAPI PET/CTFDG PET/CTFibroblast activation proteinGastric cancerGastrointestinal oncologyPET

Identifiers

PMID37608378
PMCPMC10463504
OpenAlexW4386068454

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