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Non-FDG-avid primary papillary thyroid carcinoma may not differ from FDG-avid papillary thyroid carcinoma.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Nov 2013
Kim Min-Hee, Ko Sun Hee, Bae Ja-Seong, Lee Sung-Hak, Jung Chan-Kwon, Lim Dong-Jun, Baek Ki-Hyun, Kim Sung-Hoon, Lee Jong-Min, Kang Moo-Il, Cha Bong-Yun
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: FDG (2-[(18)F]Fluoro-2-D-deoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT), which can detect a change in glucose metabolism in cancer cells, has been introduced as a diagnostic and prognostic tool in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). However, differences in the clinicopathological and biological characteristics between primary PTCs with FDG uptake and those without FDG uptake...
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