Monitoring liver tumor therapy with [18F]FDG positron emission tomography |
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| Authors: | Y Nagata K Yamamoto M Hiraoka M Abe M Takahashi K Akuta Y Nishimura S Jo S Masunaga S Kubo |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Radiology, Kyoto University Hospital, Japan. |
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| Abstract: | Positron emission tomography (PET) with [18F]-2-flurodeoxy-glucose (FDG) can be utilized as a functional imaging modality for monitoring liver tumor therapy. We report three cases in which PET-FDG was more useful for this purpose than other imaging methods and tumor markers. |
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