Individualized threshold for tumor segmentation in 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging: The key for response evaluation of neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy in patients with rectal cancer?

Summary Introduction: The standard treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer (RC) consists of neoadjuvant chemoradiation followed by radical surgery. Regardless the extensive use of SUVmax in 18F-FDG PET tumor uptake as representation of tumor glycolytic consumption, there is a trend to apply met...

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Main Author: Fagundes,Theara C. (author)
Other Authors: Mafra,Arnoldo (author), Silva,Rodrigo G. (author), Castro,Ana C. G. (author), Silva,Luciana C. (author), Aguiar,Priscilla T. (author), Silva,Josiane A. (author), P. Junior,Eduardo (author), Machado,Alexei M. (author), Mamede,Marcelo (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Rectal Neoplasms
Neoadjuvant Therapy
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Positron-Emission Tomography
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-42302018000200119
Country:Brazil
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