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(18)F-fluoride PET: changes in uptake as a method to assess response in bone metastases from castrate-resistant prostate cancer patients treated with (223)Ra-chloride (Alpharadin)

BACKGROUND: A qualitative assessment of conventional bone scintigraphy with (99m)Tc methylene diphosphonate is perceived as an insensitive method for monitoring the treatment response of bone metastases, and we postulated that semi-quantitative (18)F-fluoride positron emission tomography (PET) might...

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Autores principales: Cook, Gary JR, Parker, Chris, Chua, Sue, Johnson, Bernadette, Aksnes, Anne-Kirsti, Lewington, Val J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3192465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22214491
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2191-219X-1-4