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SynthesisEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2025

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Alessio Rizzo, Vincenzo Viccaro, Anna Giulia Pavon, Laura Anna Leo, Giorgio Treglia

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Synthesis in European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

5 authors.

Alessio Rizzo *Nuclear Medicine, Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, Turin, Italy.
Vincenzo Viccaro *Division of Cardiac Imaging, Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano, Switzerland.
Anna Giulia PavonDivision of Cardiac Imaging, Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano, Switzerland.
Laura Anna LeoDivision of Cardiac Imaging, Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano, Switzerland.
Giorgio TregliaFaculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland. giorgio.treglia@eoc.ch.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionCardiac masses (CMs) encompass a heterogeneous group of benign, malignant, and pseudotumoural lesions, posing diagnostic challenges due to their rarity and varied aetiologies. Given the limitations of conventional imaging modalities in differentiating benign from malignant masses, [

methodsA systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted, including studies evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of [

resultsFifteen studies enrolling 1114 patients met inclusion criteria. The pooled sensitivity and specificity of [

conclusions[

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Fluorodeoxyglucose F18Heart NeoplasmsPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansFluorodeoxyglucose F18[18F]FDG PET/CTCardiac massesDiagnostic accuracyMeta-analysisOncology

Identifiers

PMID40298987
PMCPMC12222356

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