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Temporal Change in Brain Natriuretic Peptide After Radiotherapy for Thoracic Esophageal Cancer by Keiichi Jingu; Kenji Nemoto; Tomohiro Kaneta; Minako Oikawa; Yoshihiro Ogawa; Hisanori Ariga; Ken Takeda; Toru Sakayauchi; Keisuke Fujimoto; Kakutaro Narazaki; Yoshihiro Takai; Eiko Nakata; Hiroshi Fukuda; Shoki Takahashi; Shogo Yamada is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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Purpose: To investigate the relationships of plasma levels of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) with abnormal 18 Ffluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) accumulation in the myocardium corresponding to irradiated fields and temporal changes in BNP, which is used as an index of heart remodeling, after radiotherapy for the mediastinum. Materials and Methods: Brain natriuretic peptide concentrations were measured before and after radiotherapy for thoracic esophageal cancer, and the change in BNP concentration after radiotherapy was investigated. Moreover, FDG accumulation in the myocardium was investigated in patients who had undergone FDG positron emission tomography less than 14 days before or after measurement of BNP concentration, and the Mann-Whitney U test was used to detect significant difference between BNP concentrations in patients with and without abnormal FDG accumulation corresponding to the irradiated field. Results: There was significant difference between the levels of BNP in patients without abnormal FDG accumulation in the irradiated myocardium and in patients with abnormal FDG accumulation (p 24 months after radiotherapy group were significantly higher than the levels in the before
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- Author
- Keiichi Jingu; Kenji Nemoto; Tomohiro Kaneta; Minako Oikawa; Yoshihiro Ogawa; Hisanori Ariga; Ken Takeda; Toru Sakayauchi; Keisuke Fujimoto; Kakutaro Narazaki; Yoshihiro Takai; Eiko Nakata; Hiroshi Fukuda; Shoki Takahashi; Shogo Yamada
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0360-3016)
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)