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01-10-2021 | Lung Cancer | Letter to the Editor

The potential role of SPECT/CT in the clinical management of COVID-19 lung cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy

Authors: Paolo Borghetti, Cristian Toraci, Jessica Imbrescia, Giulia Volpi, Silvia Lucchini, Andrea Emanuele Guerini, Alessandro Magli, Luigi Spiazzi, Alfonso Reginelli, Salvatore Cappabianca, Stefano Maria Magrini, Valerio Nardone

Published in: Annals of Nuclear Medicine | Issue 10/2021

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Dear Sir, we read with great interest the paper of Ozturk et al. [1], investigating the clinical benefit of Q-SPECT/CT in diagnosing perfusion defects and the tendency to thrombosis in COVID-19 patients. …

Ozturk BC, Atahan E. Investigation of perfusion defects by Q-SPECT/CT in patients with mild-to-moderate course of COVID-19 and low clinical probability for pulmonary embolism. Ann Nucl Med. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12149-021-01647-y.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

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Title: The potential role of SPECT/CT in the clinical management of COVID-19 lung cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy
Authors: Paolo Borghetti
Cristian Toraci
Jessica Imbrescia
Giulia Volpi
Silvia Lucchini
Andrea Emanuele Guerini
Alessandro Magli
Luigi Spiazzi
Alfonso Reginelli
Salvatore Cappabianca
Stefano Maria Magrini
Valerio Nardone
Publication date: 01-10-2021
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Keywords: Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer
Pneumonia
Radiotherapy
COVID-19
Lung Cancer
Published in: Annals of Nuclear Medicine / Issue 10/2021
Print ISSN: 0914-7187
Electronic ISSN: 1864-6433
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12149-021-01662-z

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