Advantages of L-3-[(18)F] fluoro-alpha-methyl tyrosine over 2-[(18)F]-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose in detecting liver metastasis during positron emission tomography scan

PURPOSE: We aimed to assess the usefulness of positron emission tomography (PET) using the amino acid tracer L-3-[18F] fluoro-alpha-methyl tyrosine (FAMT) in detecting metastatic liver lesions compared with 2-[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (FDG). METHODS: We included 24 patients with liver metastases w...

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Autores principales: Kodaira, Sayaka, Nakajima, Takahito, Arisaka, Yukiko, Tokue, Azusa, Higuchi, Tetsuya, Tsushima, Yoshito
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4870540/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27330884
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40064-016-2212-7