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18F-FDOPA PET imaging of brain tumors: comparison study with 18F-FDG PET and evaluation of diagnostic accuracy.

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2006

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Wei Chen, Daniel Silverman, Sibylle Delaloye, Johannes Czernin, Nirav Kamdar, Whitney B. Pope, Nagichettiar Satyamurthy, Christiaan Schiepers, Timothy F. Cloughesy
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Abstract

(18)F-FDOPA PET was more accurate than (18)F-FDG PET for imaging of low-grade tumors and evaluating recurrent tumors. (18)F-FDOPA PET may prove especially useful for imaging of recurrent low-grade tumors and for distinguishing tumor recurrence from radiation necrosis.

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