Metabolic test with fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose in staging and detection of residual tumor or recurrence in Hodgkin lymphoma Estudo metabólico com flúor-18-fluorodeoxiglicose no estadiamento e avaliação de massa residual ou recidiva no linfoma de Hodgkin

Metabolic test with fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose in staging and detection of residual tumor or recurrence in Hodgkin lymphoma Estudo metabólico com flúor-18-fluorodeoxiglicose no estadiamento e avaliação de massa residual ou recidiva no linfoma de Hodgkin

OBJECTIVE: The metabolic test using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose is a useful tool for the management of patients with Hodgkin lymphoma, either for staging purposes or for the evaluation of suspicious masses that can frequently occur after treatment. The aim of the present study was to investigate the valu...

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Main Authors: Luís Fernando Pracchia, Anna Alice Rolim Chaves, Juliano Julio Cerci, José Soares Junior, José Cláudio Meneghetti, Valeria Buccheri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2007-01-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
Fluorodeoxiglicose (FDG)
Tomografia por emissão de pósitrons
Linfoma de Hodgkin (LH)
Estadiamento de neoplasias
Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)
PET
Hodgkin lymphoma
Staging
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