SUVmax/THKmax as a biomarker for distinguishing advanced gastric carcinoma from primary gastric lymphoma.

BACKGROUND: Gastric carcinoma and primary gastric lymphoma (PGL) are the two most common malignancies in stomach. The purpose of this study was to screen and validate a biomarker of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography ((18)F-FDG PET/CT) for distinguishing advanc...

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Main Authors: Liping Fu, Hongming Li, Hui Wang, Baixuan Xu, Yong Fan, Jiahe Tian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3514221?pdf=render