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ReviewBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2023

The Role of Imaging of Lymphatic System to Prevent Cancer Related Lymphedema.

Vincenzo Cuccurullo, Marco Rapa, Barbara Catalfamo, Gianluca Gatta, Graziella Di Grezia, Giuseppe Lucio Cascini

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In one paragraph

Review in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Vincenzo CuccurulloDepartment of Precision Medicine, Università della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80131 Napoli, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0474-7163
Marco RapaDepartment of Precision Medicine, Università della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80131 Napoli, Italy.
Barbara CatalfamoNuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0009-0009-0275-2226
Gianluca GattaDepartment of Precision Medicine, Università della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80131 Napoli, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0874-8294
Graziella Di GreziaRadiology Department, ASL Avellino, 83100 Avellino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4507-3505
Giuseppe Lucio CasciniNuclear Medicine Unit, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0332-2606
University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · ITMagna Graecia University · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lymphedema is a progressive chronic condition affecting approximately 250 million people worldwide, a number that is currently underestimated. In Western countries, the most common form of lymphedema of the extremities is cancer-related and less radical surgical intervention is the main option to prevent it. Standardized protocols in the areas of diagnosis, staging and treatment are strongly required to address this issue. The aim of this study is to review the main diagnostic methods, comparing new emerging procedures to lymphoscintigraphy, considered as the golden standard to date. The roles of Magnetic Resonance Lymphangiography (MRL) or indocyanine green ICG lymphography are particularly reviewed in order to evaluate diagnostic accuracy, potential associations with lymphoscintigraphy, and future directions guided by AI protocols. The use of imaging to treat lymphedema has benefited from new techniques in the area of lymphatic vessels anatomy; these perspectives have become of value in many clinical scenarios to prevent cancer-related lymphedema.

Indexed as

ARMimaginglymphangiographylymphedemalymphoscintigraphyMRL

Identifiers

PMID38135998
PMCPMC10740912
OpenAlexW4389571315

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