Increased 18F-FDG uptake within the reticuloendothelial system in patients with active lung cancer on PET imaging may indicate activation of the systemic immune response

Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-25

  Bural, Gonca G ^a   Torigian, Drew A ^a   Chen, Wengen ^a   Houseni, Mohamed ^a   Basu, Sandip ^a   Alavi, Abass ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

2 fluorodeoxyglucose; Florine 18; Lung cancer; Positron emission tomography; Reticuloendothelial system; Systemic immune response

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BONE MARROW; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIVER; LUNG; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MALE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; SPLEEN; AGED; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE SYSTEM; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 77951824157     PISSN: 11081430     EISSN: 17905427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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