FDG-positron emission tomography (PET) as an indicator of response to chemotherapy : a study of patients with upper gastrointestinal cancer and metastic colorectal liver cancer
Background. FDG-PET detects metabolic activity within tumour tissue and may have the ability to detect response in patients receiving chemotherapy. Materials and Methods. Patients with upper GI cancer had FDG-PET imaging performed at the time of diagnosis and on completion of planned treatment in...
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University of Aberdeen
2004
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.425022 |