Current measures of metabolic heterogeneity within cervical cancer do not predict disease outcome

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A previous study evaluated the intra-tumoral heterogeneity observed in the uptake of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) in pre-treatment positron emission tomography (PET) scans of cancers of the uterine cervix as an indicator of disease...

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Main Authors: Brooks Frank J, Grigsby Perry W
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-06-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.ro-journal.com/content/6/1/69