Clinical value of 3'-deoxy-3'-[18F]fluorothymidine-positron emission tomography for diagnosis, staging and assessing therapy response in lung cancer

Clinical value of 3'-deoxy-3'-[18F]fluorothymidine-positron emission tomography for diagnosis, staging and assessing therapy response in lung cancer

Abstract Lung cancer has the highest mortality rate of any tumour type. The main driver of lung tumour growth and development is uncontrolled cellular proliferation. Poor patient outcomes are partly the result of the limited range of effective anti-cancer therapies available and partly due to the li...

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Main Authors: Bandar Alwadani, Sergio Dall’Angelo, Ian N. Fleming
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-07-01
Series:Insights into Imaging
Subjects:
Positron emission tomography
PET
Lung cancer
Fluorothymidine
[18F]FLT
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13244-021-01026-1

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