Skip to main content
Key Specialties
Cardiology Diabetology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Geriatrics and Gerontology Gynecology and Obstetrics Hematology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Oncology Pediatrics Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology Surgery
Congress Coverage
2024 ACC Congress 2023 ESMO Congress 2023 EASD Congress 2023 ERS Congress 2023 ESC Congress
Clinical Collections
Advances in Alzheimer’s

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.
ADVANCED SEARCH
Log in
Top
Insights into Imaging
Published in: Insights into Imaging 4/2016

Open Access 01-08-2016 | Original Article

The 100 most cited articles investigating the radiological staging of oesophageal and junctional cancer: a bibliometric analysis

Authors: Kieran G. Foley, Arfon Powell, Wyn G. Lewis, Stuart Ashley Roberts

Published in: Insights into Imaging | Issue 4/2016

Login to get access

Abstract

Objectives

Accurate staging of oesophageal cancer (OC) is vital. Bibliometric analysis highlights key topics and publications that have shaped understanding of a subject. The 100 most cited articles investigating radiological staging of OC are identified.

Methods

The Thomas Reuters Web of Science database with search terms including “CT, PET, EUS, oesophageal and gastro-oesophageal junction cancer” was used to identify all English language, full-script articles. The 100 most cited articles were further analysed by topic, journal, author, year and institution.

Results

A total of 5,500 eligible papers were returned. The most cited paper was Flamen et al. (n = 306), investigating the utility of positron emission tomography (PET) for the staging of patients with potentially operable OC. The most common research topic was accuracy of staging investigations (n = 63). The article with the highest citation rate (38.00), defined as the number of citations divided by the number of complete years published, was Tixier et al. investigating PET texture analysis to predict treatment response to neo-adjuvant chemo-radiotherapy, cited 114 times since publication in 2011.

Conclusion

This bibliometric analysis has identified key publications regarded as important in radiological OC staging. Articles with the highest citation rates all investigated PET imaging, suggesting this modality could be the focus of future research.

Main Messages

• This study identifies key articles that investigate radiological staging of oesophageal cancer.
• The most common topic was accuracy of staging investigations.
• The article with the highest citation rate investigated the use of texture analysis in PET images.
Literature
1.
De Bellis N (2009) Bibliometrics and citation analysis: from the science citation index to cybermetrics. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, USA
2.
Kelly JC, Glynn RW, O’Briain DE, Felle P, McCabe JP (2010) The 100 classic papers of orthopaedic surgery: a bibliometric analysis. J Bone Joint Surg (Br) 92(10):1338–1343CrossRef
3.
Tas F (2014) An analysis of the most-cited research papers on oncology: which journals have they been published in? Tumour Biol 35(5):4645–4649PubMedCrossRef
4.
5.
Sobin L, Gospodarowicz M, Wittekind C (2009) UICC TNM classification of malignant tumours, 7th edn. Wiley, New York
6.
Roberts SA, Kay C (2014) Oesophagus and stomach cancers. In: Nicholson T (ed) Recommendations for cross-sectional imaging in cancer management, 2nd edn. Royal College of Radiologists, London
7.
Paladugu R, Schein M, Gardezi S, Wise L (2002) One hundred citation classics in general surgical journals. World J Surg 26(9):1099–1105PubMedCrossRef
8.
Flamen P, Lerut A, Van Cutsem E, De Wever W, Peeters M, Stroobants S et al (2000) Utility of positron emission tomography for the staging of patients with potentially operable esophageal carcinoma. J Clin Oncol 18(18):3202–3210PubMed
9.
Tio TL, Cohen P, Coene PP, Udding J, Jager F, Tytgat GNJ (1989) Endosonography and computed-tomography of esophageal-carcinoma—preoperative classification compared to the new (1987) TNM system. Gastroenterology 96(6):1478–1486PubMedCrossRef
10.
Kinkel K, Lu Y, Both M, Warren RS, Thoeni RF (2002) Detection of hepatic metastases from cancers of the gastrointestinal tract by using noninvasive imaging methods (US, CT, MR imaging, PET): a meta-analysis. Radiology 224(3):748–756PubMedCrossRef
11.
Catalano MF, Sivak MV, Rice T, Gragg LA, Vandam J (1994) Endosonographic features predictive of lymph-node metastasis. Gastrointest Endosc 40(4):442–446PubMedCrossRef
12.
Wieder HA, Brucher B, Zimmermann F, Becker K, Lordick F, Beer A et al (2004) Time course of tumor metabolic activity during chemoradiotherapy of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and response to treatment. J Clin Oncol 22(5):900–908PubMedCrossRef
13.
Botet JF, Lightdale CJ, Zauber AG, Gerdes H, Urmacher C, Brennan MF (1991) Preoperative staging of esophageal cancer—comparison of endoscopic US and dynamic CT. Radiology 181(2):419–425PubMedCrossRef
14.
Skinner DB, Little AG, Ferguson MK, Soriano A, Staszak VM (1986) Selection of operation for esophageal cancer based on staging. Ann Surg 204(4):391–401PubMedPubMedCentralCrossRef
15.
Ott K, Weber WA, Lordick F, Becker K, Busch R, Herrmann K et al (2006) Metabolic imaging predicts response, survival, and recurrence in adenocarcinomas of the esophagogastric junction. J Clin Oncol 24(29):4692–4698PubMedCrossRef
16.
Bhutani MS, Hawes RH, Hoffman BJ (1997) A comparison of the accuracy of echo features during endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration for diagnosis of malignant lymph node invasion. Gastrointest Endosc 45(6):474–479PubMedCrossRef
17.
Flamen P, Van Cutsem E, Lerut A, Cambier JP, Haustermans K, Bormans G et al (2002) Positron emission tomography for assessment of the response to induction radiochemotherapy in locally advanced oesophageal cancer. Ann Oncol 13(3):361–368PubMedCrossRef
18.
Downey RJ, Akhurst T, Ilson D, Ginsberg R, Bains MS, Gonen M et al (2003) Whole body (18)FDG-PET and the response of esophageal cancer to induction therapy: results of a prospective trial. J Clin Oncol 21(3):428–432PubMedCrossRef
19.
Flanagan FL, Dehdashti F, Siegel BA, Trask DD, Sundaresan SR, Patterson GA et al (1997) Staging of esophageal cancer with F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography. AJR Am J Roentgenol 168(2):417–424PubMedCrossRef
20.
Picus D, Balfe DM, Koehler RE, Roper CL, Owen JW (1983) Computed-tomography in the staging of esophageal-carcinoma. Radiology 146(2):433–438PubMedCrossRef
21.
Rosch T (1995) Endosonographic staging of esophageal cancer: a review of literature results. Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am 5(3):537–547PubMed
22.
Kelly S, Harris KM, Berry E, Hutton J, Roderick P, Cullingworth J et al (2001) A systematic review of the staging performance of endoscopic ultrasound in gastro-oesophageal carcinoma. Gut 49(4):534–539PubMedPubMedCentralCrossRef
23.
van Westreenen HL, Westerterp M, Bossuyt PM, Pruim J, Sloof GW, van Lanschot JJ et al (2004) Systematic review of the staging performance of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in esophageal cancer. J Clin Oncol 22(18):3805–3812PubMedCrossRef
24.
May A, Gunter E, Roth F, Gossner L, Stolte M, Vieth M et al (2004) Accuracy of staging in early oesophageal cancer using high resolution endoscopy and high resolution endosonography: a comparative, prospective, and blinded trial. Gut 53(5):634–640PubMedPubMedCentralCrossRef
25.
Lerut T, Flamen P, Ectors N, Van Cutsem E, Peeters M, Hiele M et al (2000) Histopathologic validation of lymph node staging with FDG-PET scan in cancer of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction—a prospective study based on primary surgery with extensive lymphadenectomy. Ann Surg 232(6):743–751PubMedPubMedCentralCrossRef
26.
Kato H, Kuwano H, Nakajima M, Miyazaki T, Yoshikawa M, Ojima H et al (2002) Comparison between positron emission tomography and computed tomography in the use of the assessment of esophageal carcinoma. Cancer 94(4):921–928PubMedCrossRef
27.
Block MI, Patterson GA, Sundaresan RS, Bailey MS, Flanagan FL, Dehdashti F et al (1997) Improvement in staging of esophageal cancer with the addition of positron emission tomography. Ann Thorac Surg 64(3):770–776PubMedCrossRef
28.
Swisher SG, Maish M, Erasmus JJ, Correa AM, Ajani JA, Bresalier R et al (2004) Utility of PET, CT, and EUS to identify pathologic responders in esophageal cancer. Ann Thorac Surg 78(4):1152–1160PubMedCrossRef
29.
Swisher SG, Erasmus J, Maish M, Correa AM, Macapinlac H, Ajani JA et al (2004) 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography imaging is predictive of pathologic response and survival after preoperative chemoradiation in patients with esophageal carcinoma. Cancer 101(8):1776–1785PubMedCrossRef
30.
Luketich JD, Friedman DM, Weigel TL, Meehan MA, Keenan RJ, Townsend DW et al (1999) Evaluation of distant metastases in esophageal cancer: 100 consecutive positron emission tomography scans. Ann Thorac Surg 68(4):1133–1136PubMedCrossRef
31.
Rice TW, Rusch VW, Ishwaran H, Blackstone EH, Collaboration WEC (2010) Cancer of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction data-driven staging for the seventh edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer/International Union Against Cancer Cancer Staging Manuals. Cancer 116(16):3763–3773PubMedCrossRef
32.
Vilgrain V, Mompoint D, Palazzo L, Menu Y, Gayet B, Ollier P et al (1990) Staging of esophageal-carcinoma—comparison of results with endoscopic sonography and CT. AJR Am J Roentgenol 155(2):277–281PubMedCrossRef
33.
van Vliet EP, Heijenbrok-Kal MH, Hunink MG, Kuipers EJ, Siersema PD (2008) Staging investigations for oesophageal cancer: a meta-analysis. Br J Cancer 98(3):547–557PubMedPubMedCentralCrossRef
34.
Rosch T, Lorenz R, Zenker K, Vonwichert A, Dancygier H, Hofler H et al (1992) Local staging and assessment of resectability in carcinoma of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum by endoscopic ultrasonography. Gastrointest Endosc 38(4):460–467PubMedCrossRef
35.
Ziegler K, Sanft C, Zeitz M, Friedrich M, Stein H, Haring R et al (1991) Evaluation of endosonography in TN staging of esophageal cancer. Gut 32(1):16–20PubMedPubMedCentralCrossRef
36.
Kole AC, Plukker JT, Nieweg OE, Vaalburg W (1998) Positron emission tomography for staging of oesophageal and gastroesophageal malignancy. Br J Cancer 78(4):521–527PubMedPubMedCentralCrossRef
37.
Luketich JD, Schauer PR, Meltzer CC, Landreneau RJ, Urso GK, Townsend DW et al (1997) Role of positron emission tomography in staging esophageal cancer. Ann Thorac Surg 64(3):765–769PubMedCrossRef
38.
Buskens CJ, Westerterp M, Lagarde SM, Bergman J, ten Kate FJW, van Lanschot JJB (2004) Prediction of appropriateness of local endoscopic treatment for high-grade dysplasia and early adenocarcinoma by EUS and histopathologic features. Gastrointest Endosc 60(5):703–710PubMedCrossRef
39.
Watt I, Stewart I, Anderson D, Bell G, Anderson JR (1989) Laparoscopy, ultrasound and computed-tomography in cancer of the esophagus and gastric cardia—a prospective comparison for detecting intra-abdominal metastases. Br J Surg 76(10):1036–1039PubMedCrossRef
40.
Moss AA, Schnyder P, Thoeni RF, Margulis AR (1981) Esophageal-carcinoma—pre-therapy staging by computed-tomography. AJR Am J Roentgenol 136(6):1051–1056PubMedCrossRef
41.
Zuccaro G, Rice TW, Goldblum J, Medendorp SV, Becker M, Pimentel R et al (1999) Endoscopic ultrasound cannot determine suitability for esophagectomy after aggressive chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer. Am J Gastroenterol 94(4):906–912PubMedCrossRef
42.
Grimm H, Binmoeller KF, Hamper K, Koch J, Hennebruns D, Soehendra N (1993) Endosonography for preoperative locoregional staging of esophageal and gastric-cancer. Endoscopy 25(3):224–230PubMedCrossRef
43.
Vazquez-Sequeiros E, Wiersema MJ, Clain JE, Norton ID, Levy MJ, Romero Y et al (2003) Impact of lymph node staging on therapy of esophageal carcinoma. Gastroenterology 125(6):1626–1635PubMedCrossRef
44.
Yoon YC, Lee KS, Shim YM, Kim BT, Kim K, Kim TS (2003) Metastasis to regional lymph nodes in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: CT versus FDG PET for presurgical detection—prospective study. Radiology 227(3):764–770PubMedCrossRef
45.
Tio TL, Tytgat GN (1984) Endoscopic ultrasonography in the assessment of intramural and transmural infiltration of tumors in the esophagus, stomach and papilla of vater and in the detection of extraesophageal lesions. Endoscopy 16(6):203–210PubMedCrossRef
46.
Cerfolio RJ, Bryant AS, Ohja B, Bartolucci AA, Eloubeidi MA (2005) The accuracy of endoscopic ultrasonography with fine-needle aspiration, integrated positron emission tomography with computed tomography, and computed tomography in restaging patients with esophageal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 129(6):1232–1241PubMedCrossRef
47.
Tixier F, Le Rest CC, Hatt M, Albarghach N, Pradier O, Metges JP et al (2011) Intratumor heterogeneity characterized by textural features on baseline 18F-FDG PET images predicts response to concomitant radiochemotherapy in esophageal cancer. J Nucl Med 52(3):369–378PubMedPubMedCentralCrossRef
48.
Vazquez-Sequeiros E, Norton ID, Clain JE, Wang KK, Affi A, Allen M et al (2001) Impact of EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration on lymph node staging in patients with esophageal carcinoma. Gastrointest Endosc 53(7):751–757PubMedCrossRef
49.
Dittler HJ, Siewert JR (1993) Role of endoscopic ultrasonography in esophageal-carcinoma. Endoscopy 25(2):156–161PubMedCrossRef
50.
Rasanen JV, Sihvo EI, Knuuti MJ, Minn HR, Luostarinen ME, Laippala P et al (2003) Prospective analysis of accuracy of positron emission tomography, computed tomography, and endoscopic ultrasonography in staging of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and the esophagogastric junction. Ann Surg Oncol 10(8):954–960PubMedCrossRef
51.
Quint LE, Hepburn LM, Francis IR, Whyte RI, Orringer MB (1995) Incidence and distribution of distant metastases from newly-diagnosed esophageal-carcinoma. Cancer 76(7):1120–1125PubMedCrossRef
52.
Reed CE, Mishra G, Sahai AV, Hoffman BJ, Hawes RH (1999) Esophageal cancer staging: improved accuracy by endoscopic ultrasound of celiac lymph nodes. Ann Thorac Surg 67(2):319–321PubMedCrossRef
53.
Choi JY, Lee KH, Shim YM, Lee KS, Kim JJ, Kim SE et al (2000) Improved detection of individual nodal involvement in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus by FDG PET. J Nucl Med 41(5):808–815PubMed
54.
Rankin SC, Taylor H, Cook GJ, Mason R (1998) Computed tomography and positron emission tomography in the pre-operative staging of oesophageal carcinoma. Clin Radiol 53(9):659–665PubMedCrossRef
55.
Thompson WM, Halvorsen RA, Foster WL, Williford ME, Postlethwait RW, Korobkin M (1983) Computed-tomography for staging esophageal and gastroesophageal cancer—reevaluation. AJR Am J Roentgenol 141(5):951–958PubMedCrossRef
56.
Wallace MB, Nietert PJ, Earle C, Krasna MJ, Hawes RH, Hoffman BJ et al (2002) An analysis of multiple staging management strategies for carcinoma of the esophagus: computed tomography, endoscopic ultrasound, positron emission tomography, and thoracoscopy/laparoscopy. Ann Thorac Surg 74(4):1026–1032PubMedCrossRef
57.
Quint LE, Glazer GM, Orringer MB, Gross BH (1985) Esophageal-carcinoma—CT findings. Radiology 155(1):171–175PubMedCrossRef
58.
Kato H, Miyazaki T, Nakajima M, Takita J, Kimura H, Faried A et al (2005) The incremental effect of positron emission tomography on diagnostic accuracy in the initial staging of esophageal carcinoma. Cancer 103(1):148–156PubMedCrossRef
59.
Larghi A, Lightdale CJ, Memeo L, Bhagat G, Okpara N, Rotterdam H (2005) EUS followed by EMR for staging of high-grade dysplasia and early cancer in Barrett’s esophagus. Gastrointest Endosc 62(1):16–23PubMedCrossRef
60.
Takashima S, Takeuchi N, Shiozaki H, Kobayashi K, Morimoto S, Ikezoe J et al (1991) Carcinoma of the esophagus: CT vs MR imaging in determining resectability. AJR Am J Roentgenol 156(2):297–302PubMedCrossRef
61.
van Westreenen HL, Cobben DCP, Jager PL, van Dullemen HM, Wesseling J, Elsinga PH et al (2005) Comparison of F-18-FLT PET and F-18-FDG PET in esophageal cancer. J Nucl Med 46(3):400–404PubMed
62.
Eloubeidi MA, Wallace MB, Reed CE, Hadzijahic N, Lewin DN, Van Velse A et al (2001) The utility of EUS and EUS-guided fine needle aspiration in detecting celiac lymph node metastasis in patients with esophageal cancer: a single-center experience. Gastrointest Endosc 54(6):714–719PubMedCrossRef
63.
Hasegawa N, Niwa Y, Arisawa T, Hase S, Goto H, Hayakawa T (1996) Preoperative staging of superficial esophageal carcinoma: comparison of an ultrasound probe and standard endoscopic ultrasonography. Gastrointest Endosc 44(4):388–393PubMedCrossRef
64.
Levine EA, Farmer MR, Clark P, Mishra G, Ho C, Geisinger KR et al (2006) Predictive value of 18-fluoro-deoxy-glucose-positron emission tomography (F-18-FDG-PET) in the identification of responders to chemoradiation therapy for the treatment of locally advanced esophageal cancer. Ann Surg 243(4):472–478PubMedPubMedCentralCrossRef
65.
Rice TW, Boyce GA, Sivak MV (1991) Esophageal ultrasound and the preoperative staging of carcinoma of the esophagus. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 101(3):536–544PubMed
66.
Isenberg G, Chak A, Canto MI, Levitan N, Clayman J, Pollack BJ et al (1998) Endoscopic ultrasound in restaging of esophageal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiation. Gastrointest Endosc 48(2):158–163PubMedCrossRef
67.
Leong T, Everitt C, Yuen K, Condron S, Hui A, Ngan SYK et al (2006) A prospective study to evaluate the impact of FDG-PET on CT-based radiotherapy treatment planning for oesophageal cancer. Radiother Oncol 78(3):254–261PubMedCrossRef
68.
Puli SR, Reddy JBK, Bechtold ML, Antillon D, Ibdah JA, Antillon MR (2008) Staging accuracy of esophageal cancer by endoscopic ultrasound: a meta-analysis and systematic review. World J Gastroenterol 14(10):1479–1490PubMedPubMedCentralCrossRef
69.
Flamen P, Lerut A, van Custem E, Cambier JP, Maes A, De Wever W et al (2000) The utility of positron emission tomography for the diagnosis and staging of recurrent esophageal cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 120(6):1085–1092PubMedCrossRef
70.
Lightdale CJ, Kulkarni KG (2005) Role of endoscopic ultrasonography in the staging and follow-up of esophageal cancer. J Clin Oncol 23(20):4483–4489PubMedCrossRef
71.
Daffner RH, Halber MD, Postlethwait RW, Korobkin M, Thompson WM (1979) CT of the esophagus. 2. Carcinoma. AJR Am J Roentgenol 133(6):1051–1055PubMedCrossRef
72.
Kim K, Park SJ, Kim BT, Lee KS, Shim YM (2001) Evaluation of lymph node metastases in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus with positron emission tomography. Ann Thorac Surg 71(1):290–294PubMedCrossRef
73.
Meltzer CC, Luketich JD, Friedman D, Charron M, Strollo D, Meehan M et al (2000) Whole-body FDG positron emission tomographic imaging for staging esophageal cancer—comparison with computed tomography. Clin Nucl Med 25(11):882–887PubMedCrossRef
74.
Vrieze O, Haustermans K, De Wever W, Lerut T, Van Cutsem E, Ectors N et al (2004) Is there a role for FGD-PET in radiotherapy planning in esophageal carcinoma? Radiother Oncol 73(3):269–275PubMedCrossRef
75.
Jones DR, Parker LA, Detterbeck FC, Egan TM (1999) Inadequacy of computed tomography in assessing patients with esophageal carcinoma after induction chemoradiotherapy. Cancer 85(5):1026–1032PubMedCrossRef
76.
Chak A, Canto M, Gerdes H, Lightdale CJ, Hawes RH, Wiersema MJ et al (1995) Prognosis of esophageal cancers preoperatively staged to be locally invasive (T4) by endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)—a multicenter retrospective cohort study. Gastrointest Endosc 42(6):501–506PubMedCrossRef
77.
Hyun SH, Choi JY, Shim YM, Kim K, Lee SJ, Cho YS et al (2010) Prognostic value of metabolic tumor volume measured by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in patients with esophageal carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol 17(1):115–122PubMedCrossRef
78.
Quint LE, Glazer GM, Orringer MB (1985) Esophageal imaging by MR and CT: study of normal anatomy and neoplasms. Radiology 156(3):727–731PubMedCrossRef
79.
Murata Y, Muroi M, Yoshida M, Ide H, Hanyu F (1987) Endoscopic ultrasonography in the diagnosis of esophageal carcinoma. Surg Endosc 1(1):11–16PubMedCrossRef
80.
Hiele M, DeLeyn P, Schurmans P, Lerut A, Huys S, Geboes K et al (1997) Relation between endoscopic ultrasound findings and outcome of patients with tumors of the esophagus or esophagogastric junction. Gastrointest Endosc 45(5):381–386PubMedCrossRef
81.
Wakelin SJ, Deans C, Crofts TJ, Allan PL, Plevris JN, Paterson-Brown S (2002) A comparison of computerised tomography, laparoscopic ultrasound and endoscopic ultrasound in the preoperative staging of oesophago-gastric carcinoma. Eur J Radiol 41(2):161–167PubMedCrossRef
82.
Scotiniotis IA, Kochman ML, Lewis JD, Furth EE, Rosato EF, Ginsberg GG (2001) Accuracy of EUS in the evaluation of Barrett’s esophagus and high-grade dysplasia or intramucosal carcinoma. Gastrointest Endosc 54(6):689–696PubMedCrossRef
83.
Fockens P, Van den Brande JHM, van Dullemen HM, van Lanschot JJB, Tytgat GNJ (1996) Endosonographic T-staging of esophageal carcinoma: a learning curve. Gastrointest Endosc 44(1):58–62
84.
Beseth BD, Bedford R, Isacoff WH, Holmes EC, Cameron RB (2000) Endoscopic ultrasound does not accurately assess pathologic stage of esophageal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. Am Surg 66(9):827–831PubMed
85.
Catalano MF, Alcocer E, Chak A, Nguyen CC, Raijman I, Geenen JE et al (1999) Evaluation of metastatic celiac axis lymph nodes in patients with esophageal carcinoma: accuracy of EUS. Gastrointest Endosc 50(3):352–356PubMedCrossRef
86.
Giovannini M, Monges G, Seitz JF, Moutardier V, Bernardini D, Thomas P et al (1999) Distant lymph node metastases in esophageal cancer: impact of endoscopic ultrasound-guided biopsy. Endoscopy 31(7):536–540PubMedCrossRef
87.
Rice TW (2000) Clinical staging of esophageal carcinoma. CT, EUS, and PET. Chest Surg Clin N Am 10(3):471–485PubMed
88.
Heeren PAM, Jager PL, Bongaerts F, van Dullemen H, Sluiter W, Plukker JTM (2004) Detection of distant metastases in esophageal cancer with F-18-FDG PET. J Nucl Med 45(6):980–987PubMed
89.
Rizk N, Downey RJ, Akhurst T, Gonen M, Bains MS, Larson S et al (2006) Preoperative 18[F]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography standardized uptake values predict survival after esophageal adenocarcinoma resection. Ann Thorac Surg 81(3):1076–1081PubMedCrossRef
90.
Kostakoglu L, Goldsmith SJ (2004) PET in the assessment of therapy response in patients with carcinoma of the head and neck and of the esophagus. J Nucl Med 45(1):56–68PubMed
91.
Moureau-Zabotto L, Touboul E, Lerouge D, Deniaud-Alexandre E, Grahek D, Foulquier JN et al (2005) Impact of CT and F-18-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography image fusion for conformal radiotherapy in esophageal carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 63(2):340–345PubMedCrossRef
92.
Pech O, May A, Guenter E, Gossner L, Ell C (2006) The impact of endoscopic ultrasound and computed tomography on the TNM staging of early cancer in Barrett’s esophagus. Am J Gastroenterol 101(10):2223–2229PubMedCrossRef
93.
Choi JY, Jang HJ, Shim YM, Kim K, Lee KS, Lee KH et al (2004) 18F-FDG PET in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma undergoing curative surgery: prognostic implications. J Nucl Med 45(11):1843–1850PubMed
94.
Lehr L, Rupp N, Siewert JR (1988) Assessment of resectability of esophageal cancer by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Surgery 103(3):344–350PubMed
95.
Lightdale CJ (1992) Endoscopic ultrasonography in the diagnosis, staging and follow-up of esophageal and gastric-cancer. Endoscopy 24:297–303PubMedCrossRef
96.
Kobori D, Kirihara Y, Kosaka N, Hara T (1999) Positron emission tomography of esophageal carcinoma using C-11-choline and F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose—a novel method of preoperative lymph node staging. Cancer 86(9):1638–1648PubMedCrossRef
97.
Luketich JD, Schauer P, Landreneau R, Nguyen N, Urso K, Ferson P et al (1997) Minimally invasive surgical staging is superior to endoscopic ultrasound in detecting lymph node metastases in esophageal cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 114(5):817–821PubMedCrossRef
98.
Lowe VJ, Booya F, Fletcher JG, Nathan M, Jensen E, Mullan B et al (2005) Comparison of positron emission tomography, computed tomography, and endoscopic ultrasound in the initial staging of patients with esophageal cancer. Mol Imaging Biol 7(6):422–430PubMedCrossRef
99.
Song SY, Kim JH, Ryu JS, Lee GTH, Kim SB, Park SI et al (2005) FDG-PET in the prediction of pathologic response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced, resectable esophageal cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 63(4):1053–1059PubMedCrossRef
100.
Yuan S, Yu Y, Chao KS, Fu Z, Yin Y, Liu T et al (2006) Additional value of PET/CT over PET in assessment of locoregional lymph nodes in thoracic esophageal squamous cell cancer. J Nucl Med 47(8):1255–1259PubMed
101.
Bar-Shalom R, Guralnik L, Tsalic M, Leiderman M, Frenkel A, Gaitini D et al (2005) The additional value of PET/CT over PET in FDG imaging of oesophageal cancer. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 32(8):918–924PubMedCrossRef
102.
McAteer D, Wallis F, Couper G, Norton M, Welch A, Bruce D et al (1999) Evaluation of F-18-FDG positron emission tomography in gastric and oesophageal carcinoma. Br J Radiol 72(858):525–529PubMedCrossRef
103.
van Westreenen HL, Westerterp M, Jager PL, van Dullemen HM, Sloof GW, Comans EFI et al (2005) Synchronous primary neoplasms detected on F-18-FDG PET in staging of patients with esophageal cancer. J Nucl Med 46(8):1321–1325PubMed
104.
Eloubeidi MA, Wallace MB, Hoffman BJ, Leveen MB, Van Velse A, Hawes RH et al (2001) Predictors of survival for esophageal cancer patients with and without celiac axis lymphadenopathy: impact of staging endosonography. Ann Thorac Surg 72(1):212–218PubMedCrossRef
105.
Konski A, Doss M, Milestone B, Haluszka O, Hanlon A, Freedman G et al (2005) The integration of 18-fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography and endoscopic ultrasound in the treatment-planning process for esophageal carcinoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 61(4):1123–1128PubMedCrossRef
106.
Meyers BF, Downey RJ, Decker PA, Keenan RJ, Siegel BA, Cerfolio RJ et al (2007) The utility of positron emission tomography in staging of potentially operable carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus: results of the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z0060 trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 133(3):738–745PubMedCrossRef
107.
Wu LF, Wang BZ, Feng JL, Cheng WR, Liu GR, Xu XH et al (2003) Preoperative TN staging of esophageal cancer: comparison of miniprobe ultrasonography, spiral CT and MRI. World J Gastroenterol 9(2):219–224PubMedPubMedCentralCrossRef
108.
Ferlay J, Soerjomataram I, Dikshit R, Eser S, Mathers C, Rebelo M et al (2015) Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012. Int J Cancer 136(5):E359–386PubMedCrossRef
109.
Blencowe NS, Whistance RN, Strong S, Hotton EJ, Ganesh S, Roach H et al (2013) Evaluating the role of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography in multi-disciplinary team recommendations for oesophago-gastric cancer. Br J Cancer 109(6):1445–1450PubMedPubMedCentralCrossRef
110.
Tangoku A, Yamamoto Y, Furukita Y, Goto M, Morimoto M (2012) The new era of staging as a key for an appropriate treatment for esophageal cancer. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 18(3):190–199PubMedCrossRef
111.
112.
Schmidt T, Lordick F, Herrmann K, Ott K (2015) Value of functional imaging by PET in esophageal cancer. J Natl Compr Cancer Netw 13(2):239–247
113.
114.
Druss BG (2005) Growth and decentralization of the medical literature: implications for evidence-based medicine. J Med Libr Assoc 93(4):499–501PubMedPubMedCentral
115.
Larsen PO, von Ins M (2010) The rate of growth in scientific publication and the decline in coverage provided by science citation index. Scientometrics 84:575–603PubMedPubMedCentralCrossRef
Metadata
Title
The 100 most cited articles investigating the radiological staging of oesophageal and junctional cancer: a bibliometric analysis
Authors
Kieran G. Foley
Arfon Powell
Wyn G. Lewis
Stuart Ashley Roberts
Publication date
01-08-2016
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Insights into Imaging / Issue 4/2016
Electronic ISSN: 1869-4101
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13244-016-0505-6

Other articles of this Issue 4/2016

Insights into Imaging 4/2016 Go to the issue

Pictorial Review

Clinical and radiological features of extra-pulmonary sarcoidosis: a pictorial essay

Pictorial Review

Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis: imaging update and review

Review

Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis: a diagnostic dilemma for the breast radiologist

Pictorial Review

The clothes maketh the sign

Erratum

Erratum to: Atraumatic splenic rupture, an underrated cause of acute abdomen

Pictorial Review

The pterygopalatine fossa: imaging anatomy, communications, and pathology revisited