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Support for Warburg’s hypothesis using dynamic 18F-FDG PET in oncology
Authors:
Ingeborg Goethals, Simon Hanssens, Koen Kortbeek, Peter Smeets, Simon Van Belle, Hamphrey Ham
Published in:
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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Issue 4/2010
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Excerpt
Dynamic PET/CT scanning of the liver was performed in two patients with liver metastases. On CT (a), contrast-enhancing lesions were seen. Early (0–2 min after injection) PET images (b) showed decreased FDG uptake by the metastases compared to the normal liver. Late (35–40 min after injection) PET images (c) showed no FDG uptake in the necrotic centre and increased uptake in perinecrotic tumour areas. …