An Assessment of Early Response to Targeted Therapy via Molecular Imaging: A Pilot Study of 3′-deoxy-3′[(18)F]-Fluorothymidine Positron Emission Tomography 18F-FLT PET/CT in Prostate Adenocarcinoma

Fluorothymidine is a thymidine analog labeled with fluorine-18 fluorothymidine for positron emission tomography (18F-FLT-PET) imaging. Thymidine is a nucleic acid that is used to build DNA. Fluorine-18 fluorothymidine (18F-FLT) utilizes the same metabolic pathway as does thymidine but has a very low...

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Main Authors: Kalevi Kairemo, Gregory C. Ravizzini, Homer A. Macapinlac, Vivek Subbiah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-04-01
Series:Diagnostics
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/7/2/20