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| Title |
Prognostic significance of 18FDG PET/CT in colorectal cancer patients with liver metastases: a meta-analysis
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| Published in |
Cancer Imaging, November 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s40644-015-0055-z |
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| Authors |
Qian Xia, Jianjun Liu, Cheng Wu, Shaoli Song, Linjun Tong, Gang Huang, Yuanbo Feng, Yansheng Jiang, Yewei Liu, Ting Yin, Yicheng Ni |
| Abstract |
The role of 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography CT ((18)FDG PET/CT), as a prognostic factor for survival in colorectal cancer patients with liver metastases, is still controversial. We sought to perform a meta-analysis of the literature to address this issue. A systematic literature search was performed to identify the studies that associated (18)FDG PET/CT to clinical survival outcomes of patients with liver metastases. Methodological qualities of the included studies were also assessed. The summarized hazard ratio (HR) was estimated by using fixed- or random-effect model according to heterogeneity between trails. By analyzing a total of 867 patients from 15 studies, we found that PET/CT for metabolic response to the therapy was capable of predicting event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) with statistical significance, and the HR was 0.45 (95 % confidence interval [CI], 0.26-0.78) and 0.36 (95 % CI, 0.18-0.71), respectively. Furthermore, pre-treatment (18)FDG PET/CT with high standardized uptake value (SUV) was also significantly associated with poorer OS HR, 1.24; (95 % CI, 1.06-1.45). However, we did not find a statistically significant effect of post-treatment SUV for predicting OS HR, 1.68; (95 % CI, 0.63-4.52). The present meta-analysis confirms that (18)FDG PET/CT is a useful tool to help predict survival outcomes in patients with liver metastases. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 56 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 18% |
| Researcher | 8 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 8 | 14% |
| Unknown | 15 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 28 | 49% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 4% |
| Engineering | 2 | 4% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Unknown | 16 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
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