Comparison of 68Ga PET/CT to other imaging studies in Medullary Thyroid Cancer: superiority in detecting bone metastases

Persistent disease after surgery is common in medullary thyroid cancer (MTC), requiring lifelong radiological surveillance. Staging workup includes imaging of neck, chest, abdomen, and bones. A study integrating all sites would be ideal. Despite the established use of gallium-68 (68Ga) positron emis...

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Published in:	The journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism Vol. 103; no. 9; pp. 3250 - 3259
Main Authors:	Castroneves, Luciana Audi, Coura Filho, George, de Freitas, Ricardo Miguel Costa, Salles, Raphael, Moyses, Raquel Ajub, Lopez, Rossana Veronica Mendoza, Pereira, Maria Adelaide Albergaria, Tavares, Marcos Roberto, Jorge, Alexsander Augusto de Lima, Buchpiguel, Carlos Alberto, Hoff, Ana Oliveira
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Copyright Oxford University Press 01-09-2018 Oxford University Press
Subjects:	Abdomen Bone cancer Bone imaging Bone lesions Bone surgery Bone tumors Chest Computed tomography Gallium Lymph nodes Magnetic resonance imaging Metastases Metastasis Neck Neuroendocrine tumors Positron emission tomography Somatostatin Somatostatin receptors Thyroid cancer Tomography Tumors Ultrasound
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