18-Fluorine fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the pretreatment evaluation of thymic epithelial neoplasms: a metabolic biopsy confirmed by Ki-67 expression

Abstract

FDG PET-CT can provide a useful tool in the preoperative work-up of TEN, reflecting its proliferation capacity, as described also by the Ki-67 expression. In particular, SUV T/M could provide a 'metabolic biopsy' to divide TEN into high-risk and low-risk neoplasms.