Metabolic Tumor Volume by 18F-FDG PET/CT Can Predict the Clinical Outcome of Primary Malignant Spine/Spinal Tumors

Metabolic Tumor Volume by 18F-FDG PET/CT Can Predict the Clinical Outcome of Primary Malignant Spine/Spinal Tumors

Background and Purpose. Primary malignant spine/spinal tumors (PMSTs) are rare and life-threatening diseases. In this study, we demonstrated the advantage of volume-based 18F-FDG PET/CT metabolic parameter, metabolic tumor volume (MTV), for assessing the aggressiveness of PMSTs. Materials and Method...

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Main Authors: Yoshihiro Matsumoto, Shingo Baba, Makoto Endo, Nokitaka Setsu, Keiichiro Iida, Jun-Ichi Fukushi, Kenichi Kawaguchi, Seiji Okada, Hirofumi Bekki, Takuro Isoda, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Hiroshi Honda, Yasuharu Nakashima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8132676

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