Sequential FDG PET/CT in 90Y microsphere treatment of unresectable colorectal liver metastases

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 723-

  Bienert, Maren ^a,b   McCook, Barry ^a   Carr, Brian I ^a   Geller, David A ^a   Sheetz, Mike ^a   Amesur, Nikhil ^a   Avril, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; MICROSPHERE Y 90; RADIOACTIVE MICROSPHERE; SIR SPHERES; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG RESPONSE; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER METASTASIS; METABOLISM; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICROSPHERES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YTTRIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 21244440568     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-004-1710-y     Document Type: Article

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