The prognostic value of quantitative parameters of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the evaluation of response to internal radiation therapy with yttrium-90 in patients with liver metastases of colorectal cancer.

Cigdem Soydal,Ozlem Kucuk,Ethem Geçim,Sadik Bilgic,Atilla Halil Elhan

The prognostic value of quantitative parameters of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the evaluation of response to internal radiation therapy with yttrium-90 in patients with liver metastases of colorectal cancer.

2013

Cigdem Soydal
Ozlem Kucuk
Ethem Geçim
Sadik Bilgic
Atilla Halil Elhan

IntroductionThe aim of this study was to evaluate tumor response using fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in patients who received yttrium-90 selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) for colorectal liver metastases. The initial and s

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Radiology
Internal Radiation Therapy
Colorectal cancer
Positron emission tomography
PET-CT
Yttrium Radioisotopes
Yttrium
Survival analysis
Medicine
Selective internal radiation therapy
Cutoff
Standardized uptake value
Lesion
Univariate analysis

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