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The Place of FDG PET/CT in Renal Cell Carcinoma: Value and Limitations

Unlike for most other malignancies, application of FDG PET/CT is limited for renal cell carcinoma (RCC), mainly due to physiological excretion of 18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-2-d-glucose (FDG) from the kidneys, which decreases contrast between renal lesions and normal tissue, and may obscure or mask the lesio...

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Autor principal: Liu, Yiyan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5012103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27656421
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2016.00201