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Combined approach of perioperative (18)F-FDG PET/CT imaging and intraoperative (18)F-FDG handheld gamma probe detection for tumor localization and verification of complete tumor resection in breast cancer

BACKGROUND: (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has become an established method for detecting hypermetabolic sites of known and occult disease and is widely used in oncology surgical planning. Intraoperatively, it is often difficult to loca...

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Autores principales: Hall, Nathan C, Povoski, Stephen P, Murrey, Douglas A, Knopp, Michael V, Martin, Edward W
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2235860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18154677
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-5-143