Nuclear medicine communications
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Comparative Study
Prospective evaluation of 68Ga-DOTA-NOC PET-CT in patients with recurrent medullary thyroid carcinoma: comparison with 18F-FDG PET-CT.
To prospectively evaluate the role of Ga-labelled [1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid]-1-NaI-octreotide (Ga-DOTA-NOC) PET-CT in patients with recurrent medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) and compare the same with F-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) PET-CT. ⋯ Both Ga-DOTA-NOC PET-CT and F-FDG PET-CT are able to localize disease recurrence in patients with MTC, and their role appears to be complementary for this purpose.
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To investigate whether in lower extremity lymphoedema, lymph proteins enter blood before they do the thoracic duct. ⋯ In lymphoedema, more lymph proteins enter blood proximal to the thoracic duct. The time courses of nodal and hepatic activities suggest that access may occur within nodes themselves.
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of the tumor burden as characterized by the metabolic tumor volume (MTV) and total lesion glycolysis (TLG) measured by F-18 fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) PET-computed tomography (CT) in predicting recurrence-free survival (RFS) and overall survival (OS) in surgically resected non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. ⋯ Volume-based parameters of F-18 FDG PET-CT may have a role in providing prognostic information in NSCLC patients who have received surgical treatment.
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Although initial studies have shown the utility of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) PET in the detection and restaging of recurrent breast carcinoma, scarce literature exists on F-18 FDG PET/computed tomography (CT). This retrospective study was carried out to evaluate the role of F-18-FDG PET/CT in recurrent breast carcinoma and its impact on management. ⋯ F-18 FDG PET/CT is a very sensitive and specific imaging tool in detecting and restaging recurrent breast carcinoma. It can be a very useful imaging tool for restaging locoregional recurrences, and as a one-stop shop imaging technique to confirm suspicious metastatic disease on conventional imaging and to define the total burden of disease.
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The correct and prompt diagnosis of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) plays a pivotal role in determining appropriate therapy. This study aimed to compare the diagnostic efficacy of pulmonary ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) scanning and computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) using pulmonary angiography as the golden standard. ⋯ In conclusion, both V/Q scanning and CTPA are accurate methods for the detection of CTEPH with excellent diagnostic efficacy.