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18-F-Fluorodeoxyglucose–Positron Emission Tomography Evaluation of Early Metabolic Response During Radiation Therapy for Cervical Cancer by Julie K. Schwarz; Lillie L. Lin; Barry A. Siegel; Tom R. Miller; Perry W. Grigsby is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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Purpose: To document changes in cervical tumor 18 -F-fluorodeoxyglocose (FDG) uptake during radiation therapy and to correlate those changes with post-treatment tumor response and survival outcome. Methods and Materials: A total of 36 patients with Stage Ib1 to IIIb cervical cancer were enrolled in an institutional protocol examining the use of fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) for brachytherapy treatment planning. As part of this study, FDG-PET or PET/computed tomograpy (CT) images were obtained before, during, and after the completion of radiation therapy. Tumor metabolic responses were assessed qualitatively and semi-quantitatively by measurement of the maximal standardized uptake value (SUV max ). Results: Post-treatment FDG-PET images were obtained for 36 patients in this study. Of the patients, 29 patients had a complete metabolic response on the post-treatment PET, 4 had a partial metabolic response, and 3 had new sites of FDG uptake. Six patients had a complete metabolic response observed during radiation therapy, 26 had a partial metabolic response and 4 had stable or increased tumor metabolic activity. For patients with complete metabolic response
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- Author
- Julie K. Schwarz; Lillie L. Lin; Barry A. Siegel; Tom R. Miller; Perry W. Grigsby
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0360-3016)
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)