Diagnostic value of PET/CT for the staging and restaging of pediatric tumors
- 22 August 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
- Vol. 36 (1), 23-36
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-008-0911-1
Abstract
The objective of this retrospective study was to compare the diagnostic value of 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET)/CT versus 18F-FDG PET and CT alone for staging and restaging of pediatric solid tumors.Keywords
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