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. 2021 Sep 20;9:689612. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.689612

Table 1.

Tumor localization with ICG: utility, dosing, dosing interval, and challenges.

Procedures
n = 65
Fluorescent tumors (true positive)
n = 46
Fluorescent nodules but not tumors (false positive)
n = 3
Nonfluorescent nodules but not tumors (true negative)
n = 10
Nonfluorescent tumors (false negative)
n = 6
Background noise Source of background noise (for open vs. MIS) Fluorescence-guided identification of tumors not detected by standard of care
Thorax
n = 37 (pulmonary lesions = 36, Mediastinal NB = 1)
24 (OS = 9,
HB = 5,
HCC = 1,
ES = 3, NB = 2, NRSTS = 2, RMS = 1,
CB = 1)
2 (Histoplasma = 1, reactive lymph node = 1) 8 (3 lymph nodes = 3, granulomas = 2, nodular pulmonary ossification = 1, dystrophic calcification = 1, post-therapy Wilms tumor with no morphologic evidence of viable tumor = 1) 3 (OS = 2,
WT = 1)
Total: 15 (40%)
Open (11): 11(100%)
MIS (26): 4 (15%)
Open: Skin, diaphragm, and chest wall
MIS: Diaphragm, chest wall
3 lesions seen only by NIR (HB = 2, HCC = 1)
Abdomen
n = 19
13 (HB = 3;
HCC = 1, NB = 4,
GCT = 2, NRSTS = 1, lymphoma = 1, SPNP = 1
1 (granuloma) 2 (Reactive fibroblastic proliferation = 1, lymph nodes with sinus histiocytosis = 1) 3 (ACC = 2,
NB = 1)
Total: 13 (68%) Open (8): 8 (100%)
MIS (11): 5 (45%)
Open: Skin, bowel, kidney, gall bladder MIS: Kidney, bowel None
Trunk and extremities n = 9 9 (NRSTS = 4 RMS = 4 Myoepithelial carcinoma = 1) 0 0 0 9 (100%) Skin 1 (Tumor extension seen only by NIR)

ICG, Indocyanine Green; MIS, minimally invasive; OS, osteosarcoma; HB, hepatoblastoma; ES, Ewing sarcoma; RMS, rhabdomyosarcoma; NRSTS, non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcoma; ATC, anaplastic thyroid cancer; CB, chondroblastoma; NB, neuroblastoma; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; WT, Wilms tumor; GCT, germ cell tumor, SPNP, solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of pancreas; ACT, adrenocortical tumor.