Patterns of extension of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) treated with imatinib (Gleevec®) by 18F-FDG PET/CT Patrones de extensión de los tumores del estroma gastrointestinal (GIST) tratados con imatinib (Gleevec®) mediante PET/TC con 18F-FDG

Patterns of extension of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) treated with imatinib (Gleevec®) by 18F-FDG PET/CT Patrones de extensión de los tumores del estroma gastrointestinal (GIST) tratados con imatinib (Gleevec®) mediante PET/TC con 18F-FDG

Background and aim: currently it is recognized the usefulness of 18F-FDG PET in assessing response to therapy with imatinib (Gleevec®) in the gastrointestinal tract sarcomas (GIST). To facilitate the follow-up of these studies is important to know the patterns of metastatic spread. The aim of this p...

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Main Authors: Eulalia Valls-Ferrusola, Juan Ramón García-Garzón, Ana Ponce-López, Marina Soler-Peter, Silvia Fuertes-Cabero, Merce Moragas-Solanes, Eduard Riera-Gil, Ignasi Carrió-Gasset, Francisco Lomeña-Caballero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aran Ediciones 2012-07-01
Series:Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas
Subjects:
GIST
18F-FDG PET/TC
Metástasis
18F-FDG PET/CT
Metastases
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