Imaging peritoneal metastasis of gastric cancer with PET/CT and the radiotracer 18F-fluorothymidine (18F-FLT):Proof-of-concept study

Authors :: Ukihide Tateishi
Satoru Iwasa
Takashi Terauchi
Natsuko Okita
Tetsuya Hamaguchi
Narikazu Boku
Ken Kato
Yasuhiro Shimada
Daisuke Kano
Kengo Nagashima
Atsuo Takashima
Yoshitaka Honma
Yasuhide Yamada
Source :: Journal of Clinical Oncology. 33:11013-11013
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2015.
Abstract: 11013 Background: Peritoneal metastasis (PM) is the most frequent form of metastasis in gastric cancer (GC), especially in diffuse type adenocarcinoma (DTAC). Microscopic PM can be identified accur...

Subjects :: Cancer Research
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
PET-CT
Peritoneal metastasis
business.industry
food and beverages
Cancer
medicine.disease
digestive system diseases
Metastasis
18f fluorothymidine
Oncology
Medicine
business
Diffuse Type Adenocarcinoma

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