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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2024

Zhe-Huang Luo, Xiao-Yan Luo, Wan-Ling Qi, Qian Liu

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zhe-Huang LuoDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang Medical College, Nanchang, China.
Xiao-Yan LuoDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Jiangxi Provincial Children's Hospital, The Affiliated Children's Hospital of Nanchang Medical College, Nanchang, China.
Wan-Ling QiDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang Medical College, Nanchang, China.
Qian LiuDepartment of Pathology, Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang Medical College, Nanchang, China.
Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi Medical College · CNJiangxi Provincial Children's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma (PSC) is a rare highly aggressive and poorly differentiated non-small cell carcinoma, and little is known about the information on the usefulness of Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 25 consecutive PSC patients who had undergone Results: From March 2017 to January 2023, twenty-five eligible patients with PSC were identified. There were 23 (92%) men, aged 68.5 ± 8.5 (range 56-90) years. Eighteen (72%) patients had a frequent smoking history. The mean size of PSCs was 59.3 ± 18.6 (range 29-97) mm, and 23 (92%) PSCs were Stage IV tumors. 20 (80%) lesions were located in the upper lung and 19 (76%) cases belonged to the peripheral type. Necrotic foci appeared in 21(84%) tumors. 11 (44%) PSCs invaded the pleura. All PSCs were FDG avid, and the mean of SUVmax was 11.8 ± 5.3 (range 4.8-25.5). Metastases were found on PET/CT in 24(96%) patients. The SUVmax of the lesions ≥ 5cm was higher than that of the lesions < 5cm (p=0.004), and the SUVmax of lesions with TTF-1 expression was higher than those of lesions without TTF-1 expression (p=0.009). All of the 25 primary lesions were considered malignant and confirmative, probable, and possible diagnosis of PSC was made in 2 (8%), 4 (16%), and 5(20%) patients, respectively on PET/CT. PSC was not considered in 14 (56%) patients, in PET/CT. The survival of patients with surgery didn't demonstrate a significantly good prognosis as compared with those without surgery (p=0.675). Conclusion: All PSCs had obvious FDG avidity. Although imaging diagnosis is still difficult, combined clinical and imaging features more than 40% of primary lesions were considered for the possibility of PSC in our group. Early histopathological diagnosis is necessary to help develop a reasonable regimen.

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fluorodeoxyglucoseimaging featurespositron emission tomography/computed tomographypulmonary sarcomatoid carcinomaTTF-1 expression

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