Additive value of 18FDG-PET/CT to positive 131I whole body scan in recurrent differentiated thyroid cancer patients with potential influence on treatment strategy: single Egyptian center experience

Additive value of 18FDG-PET/CT to positive 131I whole body scan in recurrent differentiated thyroid cancer patients with potential influence on treatment strategy: single Egyptian center experience

Abstract Background Years ago the utility of of18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computerized tomography (18FDG-PET/CT) in differentiated thyroid cancer was confined mainly to cases with elevated serum thyroglobulin and negative 131I whole body scan. In this study, we try to assess...

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Main Authors: Heba M. Abdelhamed, Amira E. Mohammed, Mona S. Fattahalla, HebatAllah Askar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2022-01-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Subjects:
The 18FDG PET/CT
DTC
131ITxWBS
Serum Tg
131I avid
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43055-021-00692-x

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