18F-FDG PET/CT in therapy response assessment: oligometastatic colorectal cancer
The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2023 Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most widespread cancers worldwide, leading to roughly half a million deaths yearly. The European Society for Medical Oncology defined oligometastatic CRC as a disease with few metastases affecting a small ...
Ibrahim Mansour Nasr +5 more
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Prevalence of myocardial viability assessed by single photon emission computed tomography in patients with chronic ischaemic left ventricular dysfunction [PDF]
, 2002 OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of myocardial viability by technetium-99m (Tc-99m)-tetrofosmin/fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy. DESIGN:
Bax, J.J. (Jeroen) +7 more
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Role of integrated F-18 fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography and computed tomography in evaluation of lung cancer [PDF]
Archive of Oncology, 2012 Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world. It is generally divided in two groups: non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC).
Šobić-Šaranović Dragana
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Évolution des cancers de l’œsophage : impact de la stratégie thérapeutique [PDF]
, 2013 PURPOSE: To assess the outcome of esophageal cancer according to therapeutic strategy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: One-hundred and twenty patients with esophageal cancer treated by an association of radiotherapy and chemotherapy and possibly surgery, between ...
A. Hamy +9 more
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Prostate cancer and sarcoma: Challenges of synchronous malignancies
Radiology Case Reports, 2020 Synchronous primary malignancies are a rare finding which can be difficult to diagnose. We present the case of a 57-year-old patient with a high prostate specific antigen who was found to have prostate cancer on subsequent magnetic resonance imaging.
Luqman Wali, MBBS, MRes +6 more
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Resistance to autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease in an APOE3 Christchurch homozygote: a case report. [PDF]
, 2019 We identified a PSEN1 (presenilin 1) mutation carrier from the world's largest autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease kindred, who did not develop mild cognitive impairment until her seventies, three decades after the expected age of clinical onset.
A Butler +79 more
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IJU Case Reports, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 361-364, July 2025.ABSTRACT Introduction The prognosis of unresectable metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma is very poor. We report a case of Lynch syndrome accompanying metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma treated with pembrolizumab. Case Presentation A 73‐year‐old woman was diagnosed with left adrenocortical carcinoma and multiple lung, liver, and lymph node metastases ...
Yuki Shimozawa +9 more
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Breast Cancer Research, 2020 Background We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the prognostic significance of 18F-FDG PET and PET/CT for evaluation of responses to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in breast cancer patients.
Sangwon Han, Joon Young Choi
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Clinical Etiology of Hypermetabolic Pelvic Lesions in Postoperative Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography for Patients With Rectal and Sigmoid Cancer [PDF]
Annals of Coloproctology, 2018 Purpose The purpose of this study was to present various clinical etiologies of hypermetabolic pelvic lesions on postoperative positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) images for patients with rectal and sigmoid cancer.
Yun Hee Kang, Eunji Han, Geon Park
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Predicting the course of Alzheimer's progression. [PDF]
, 2019 Alzheimer's disease is the most common neurodegenerative disease and is characterized by the accumulation of amyloid-beta peptides leading to the formation of plaques and tau protein tangles in brain.
Aisen, Paul S +6 more
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