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Intraindividual comparison of [11C]acetate and [11C]choline PET for detection of metastases of prostate cancer

DOI

155

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References

2003

Year

Bjoern G. Volkmer, Gerhard Glatting, J. van den Hoff, Jürgen E. Gschwend, P.M. Messer, S. N. Reske, Bernd Neumaier, J. Kotzerke
Nuklearmedizin - NuclearMedicine

Abstract

In this preliminary study, uptake of both radiotracers in prostate cancer or its metastases was nearly identical and none of them should be favoured. At present, both radiotracers influence patient management by detection of local recurrence, lymph node, or bone metastases of PCA.