Open Access18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT as an independent predictor for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma combined with major portal vein tumor thrombus
Author(s) -
Xu Guang Hu,
Xue-Yin Shen,
Jin-Niang Nan,
In-Gyu Kim,
Joon-Kee Yoon,
Sung-Yeon Hong,
Mina Kim,
Bong-Wan Kim,
Hee-Jung Wang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of surgical treatment and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.559
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2288-6796
pISSN - 2288-6575
DOI - 10.4174/astr.2020.99.1.8
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , univariate analysis , thrombosis , radiology , portal vein thrombosis , multivariate analysis , liver transplantation , inferior vena cava , thrombus , transplantation
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients with major portal vein tumor thrombosis (mPVTT) complications were generally characterized by extremely poor prognoses. The aim of this study was to explore the role of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose ( 18 F-FDG) PET/CT imaging in predicting HCC complicated by mPVTT.