Patterns of metastatic spread and tumor burden in unselected cancer patients using PET imaging: Implications for the oligometastatic spectrum theory

Introduction and background: Metastatic disease has been proposed as a continuum, with no clear cut-off between oligometastatic and polymetastatic disease. This study aims to quantify tumor burden and patterns of spread in unselected metastatic cancer patients referred for PET-based staging, respons...

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Main Authors: Sebastian M. Christ, Kaspar Pohl, Jonas Willmann, Philip Heesen, Astrid Heusel, Maiwand Ahmadsei, Anja Kühnis, Eugenia Vlaskou Badra, Urs J. Muehlematter, Michael Mayinger, Panagiotis Balermpas, Nicolaus Andratschke, Nicholas Zaorsky, Martin Huellner, Matthias Guckenberger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-03-01
Series:Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405630824000016