Clinical nuclear medicine
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Clinical nuclear medicine · Sep 2014
11C-MET PET/CT and advanced MRI in the evaluation of tumor recurrence in high-grade gliomas.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of l-[methyl-()11C]methionine (11C-MET) PET/CT and MRI (with the inclusion of advanced imaging techniques, namely, MR spectroscopy and MR perfusion) in the assessment of tumor recurrence in high-grade gliomas. ⋯ Both 11C-MET PET/CT and MRI (with the inclusion of advanced MRI techniques) demonstrated a high diagnostic performance in the identification of tumor residual/recurrence in high-grade gliomas posttherapy. Although 11C-MET PET/CT seemed to be more sensitive, whereas advanced MRI seemed more specific, there was no statistically significant difference in the diagnostic performance of either modality in the present study. Further studies with a larger group of patients are warranted.
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Clinical nuclear medicine · Sep 2014
Tips for a physician in getting the right job, Part XIV: Assessing some of the business and governance aspects of the practice.
The business and governance aspects of a practice are important factors in considering employment. These issues affect the income, quality, harmony, and stability of the group. The job seeker should ask how the group is organized and try to assess how well it is led. This includes observing the efficiency and quality of the clinical operation, seeing how well people get along and how helpful they are to each other, learning about the future plans of the group and how they were determined, and learning about the billing operation.