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Comparative diagnostic accuracy of <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT for breast cancer recurrence
... that FDG PET/CT produces a survival benefit in asymp- tomatic patients, FDG PET/CT can be useful in identifying the site of relapse when CI is equivocal and confirming isolated loco-regional relapse or ...
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<p>Diagnostic and Predictive Values of <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT Metabolic Parameters in <em>EGFR</em>-Mutated Advanced Lung Adenocarcinoma</p>
... the 18 F-FDG PET/CT data have been evaluated for non-invasive predictions of EGFR ...decreased FDG uptake in EGFR-mutant cells can partially be explained by this ...
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<p>Prognostic values of baseline, interim and end-of therapy <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT in patients with follicular lymphoma</p>
... ≥ 18 years, (2) histologically con fi rmed as FL, (3) patients who underwent baseline PET/CT (B-PET), or/and interim PET/CT (I-PET) after 2 – 4 cycles of chemotherapy, or/and end-of treatment PET/CT (E-PET) after ...
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Differential diagnostic value of <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT for benign and malignant vertebral compression fractures: comparison with magnetic resonance imaging
... “striped” FDG uptake was mostly observed in the region of cortical bone or adjacent soft tissue around the fracture, but rarely found out in the marrow (Figure ...of FDG reflects the characteristics of bone ...
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<sup>18</sup>F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake predicts MET expression in lung adenocarcinoma
... before tumor resection. We found that SUV max was signifi- cantly higher in the MET-positive group than in the MET- negative group (9.92 ± 6.62 vs 4.60 ± 3.00; P = 0.002). Positive correlation was observed between SUV ...
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Prognostic impact of initial maximum standardized uptake value of <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT on treatment response in patients with metastatic lung adenocarcinoma treated with erlotinib
... after FDG injection, using a Biograph Duo LSO PET/CT system ( Siemens Medical Solutions, Hoffman Estates, IL, ...of FDG uptake in tissue, was calculated as the maximum measured activity concentration ...
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Clinical usefulness of <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT for the detection of distant metastases in patients with non-small cell lung cancer at initial staging: a meta-analysis
... Two reviewers extracted data from eligible studies indepen- dently and resolved discrepancies by discussion. For each report, we recorded the author names, publication time, country of origin, sample size, technical ...
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<p>PD-L1 in Lung Adenocarcinoma: Insights into the Role of <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT</p>
... of 18 F-FDG PET/CT (SUVmax/TLG) could be a signi fi cant marker for predicting a worse outcome in PD-L1 -positive but not PD-L1-negative ...Consequently, 18 F-FDG PET/CT may play ...
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Whole-body MRI versus <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT for pretherapeutic assessment and staging of lymphoma: a meta-analysis
... for lesion detection were calculated with Cohen’s kappa statistic, defined as poor ( κ#0.4), moderate (0.4,κ#0.6), good (0.6,κ#0.8), and excellent (0.8,κ#1) agreement. To access the diagnostic accuracy of initial ...
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Clinical significance of miR-34a expression in thyroid diseases – an <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET-CT study
... underwent FDG PET/CT prior to thyroid surgery at our institution from June 2012 to July 2017 were ...underwent FDG PET/CT within 1 month prior to ...
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Use of micro-positron emission tomography with <sup>18</sup>F-fallypride to measure the levels of dopamine receptor-D2 and <sup>18</sup>F-FDG as molecular imaging tracer in the pituitary glands and prolactinomas of Fischer-344 rats
... According to the groups, all rats were fasted for more than 2 hours prior to the test. PET was performed using a micro- PET scanner (Inveon; Siemens, Munich, Germany) that was equipped with a micro-PET Manager for data ...
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Can <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET predict the grade of malignancy in thymic epithelial tumors? An evaluation of only resected tumors
... examinations. Patients received an intravenous injection of 200–250 MBq of [18] fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose and then rested for ~ 1 hour before undergoing imaging. Image acquisition was performed with an Advanced NXi ...
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Synthesis and evaluation of <em>ortho</em>-[<sup>18</sup>F]fluorocelecoxib for COX-2 cholangiocarcinoma imaging
... These various concentrations were generated from a serial dilution from mother liquor. However, the lipophilic cele- coxib limits the choice of solvents. The most concentrated sample comprises 3% dimethyl sulfoxide ...
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Utility of 18 F-FDG and 11C-PBR28 microPET for the assessment of rat aortic aneurysm inflammation
... of 18 F-FDG (measured at the same initial mass tracer concentration), one could speculate that the presence (or level) of 11 C-PBR28 uptake in human AAAs may be of greater clinical relevance than ...
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Non-invasive Early Response Monitoring of Nanoparticle-assisted Photothermal Cancer Therapy Using 18F-FDG, 18F-FLT, and 18F-FET PET/CT Imaging
... Traditionally, evaluation of anti-cancer therapeutics has relied on changes in tumor size and burden as readout for therapeutic efficacy [7]. The process of tumor shrinkage/growth can, however, be fairly slow, and ...
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Radiosynthesis and pharmacokinetics of [<sup>18</sup>F]fluoroethyl bufalin in hepatocellular carcinoma-bearing mice
... had reacted with bufalin (detected by radio-thin layer chro- matography [TLC], acetonitrile 95%). The final purification was completed through C18 reversed-phase chromatography (the testing method was installed for ...
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Differentiation of malignant tumours from granulomas by using dynamic [18F]-fluoro-L-α-methyltyrosine positron emission tomography
... contrast, 18 F-FAMT is incorporated into cancer cells solely via LAT-1, which functions as a bi- directional transporter with an obligatory exchange mechanism ...
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Original Article Monitoring cytotoxicity of gemcitabine and cisplatin in T24 bladder cancer cells by the use of F-18-FDG and F-18-FMC
... Although T24 cells had an apparently higher affinity to FMC compared to FDG, the uptake of FDG was much fast- er and on a molar scale about 2 to 3 times higher than for FMC. This points to an excess of ...
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F-18 FDG PET-CT for response evaluation in Head and Neck Malignancy
... Timing - The timing is very important in determining the accuracy of 18F-FDG PET- CT, as RT-induced inflammation of the mucosal tissues surrounding the tumour could hinder the interpretation of images in both the ...
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Incidental gastrointestinal 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose uptake associated with lung cancer
... incidental FDG uptake in the gastro- intestinal tract (GIT) were identified by reviewing PET/ CT ...GIT FDG uptake was described accord- ing to two patterns, focal and diffuse uptake compared to background ...
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