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18F-FLT PET/CT as an imaging tool for early prediction of pathological response in patients with locally advanced breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a pilot study

Authors :
Giulia Bianchi
Gabriella Mariani
Claudio Pascali
Flavio Crippa
Alessandra Alessi
Barbara Padovano
Mario Rampa
Maria Luisa Carcangiu
Gabriele Martelli
Marco Sandri
Anna Bogni
Giovanna Trecate
Filippo de Braud
Ilaria Maugeri
Emilio Bombardieri
Roberto Agresti
Source :
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 42:818-830
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2015.

Abstract

Purpose We evaluated whether 18F-3′-deoxy-3′-fluorothymidine positron emission tomography (FLT PET) can predict the final postoperative histopathological response in primary breast cancer after the first cycle of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT).

Details

ISSN :
16197089 and 16197070
Volume :
42
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........3237cd1b6c69ea4a54f110022ab30b81
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-015-2995-8