Positron emission tomography with computed tomography (PET-CT) to evaluate the response of bone metastases to non-surgical treatment
Author(s) -
P Correa,
R.K. Shrimali,
SangAh Han,
Mohammed Rizwanullah
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr.11.2009.2457
Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , positron emission tomography computed tomography , nuclear medicine , pet ct , positron emission , tomography , radiology , computed tomography , breast cancer , preclinical imaging , cancer , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , in vivo
A case of solitary bone metastasis from breast cancer, where MRI assessment of treatment response was inaccurate and whole-body fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)FDG) positron emission tomography with computed tomography (PET-CT) proved more reliable and objective, is presented.
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