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Comparison of intratumoral distribution of 99mTc-MIBI and deoxyglucose in mouse breast cancer models.

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2000

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Hiromichi Ohira, Kazuo Kubota, Noriaki Ohuchi, Yukou Harada, Hiroshi Fukuda, Susumu Satomi
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Abstract

Accumulation of 99mTC-MIBI in cancer cells is preferential and can be used as a sensitive marker to examine the response to radiotherapy. Angiogenesis seems to enhance accumulation of 99mTc-MIBI in tumors. These characteristics may be favorable for tumor imaging using 99mTC-MIBI.