Applying new clinicopathological characteristics to prognostication in advanced thyroid carcinoma |
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| Authors: | Cabanillas Maria E Sherman Steven I |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. mcabani@mdanderson.org |
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| Abstract: | In the February 2011 issue of Endocrine-Related Cancer, Deandreis et al. reported that increased FDG uptake was prognostic in patients with metastatic thyroid cancer. Fludeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is routinely used in the staging and follow-up of patients with cancer. This study gives further evidence for the role of FDG-PET scanning in metastatic thyroid cancer, especially to identify patients with aggressive disease requiring systemic therapy. |
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