Journal:
:asia oceania journal of nuclear medicine and biology
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peter k. wong department of surgery and urology, university of melbourne, austin hospital, heidelberg, victoria, australia
sze ting lee centre for pet, austin hospital, heidelberg, victoria, australia
carmel murone ludwig institute for cancer research, austin hospital, heidelberg, victoria, australia
john eng centre for pet, austin hospital, heidelberg, victoria, australia
nathan lawrentschuk department of surgery and urology, university of melbourne, austin hospital, heidelberg, victoria, australia
salvatore u. berlangieri centre for pet, austin hospital, heidelberg, victoria, australia
objective(s): the ability to measure cellular proliferation non-invasively in renal cell carcinoma may allow prediction of tumour aggressiveness and response to therapy. the aim of this study was to evaluate the uptake of 18ffluorothymidine (flt) pet in renal cell carcinoma (rcc), and to compare this to 18f-fluorodeoxyglucose (fdg), and to an immunohistochemical measure of cellular proliferatio...