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18F-FET PET for Diagnosis of Pseudoprogression of Brain Metastases in Patients With Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

DOI

26

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21

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2019

Year

Dilara Akhoundova, Stefanie Hiltbrunner, Cäcilia Mader, Robert Förster, Johannes Kraft, Bianca Schwanhäusser, Lorenz Bankel, Spyros Kollias, Valérie Treyer, Elisabeth J. Rushing,
Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Abstract

Pseudoprogression of brain metastases occurred in 50% of patients diagnosed with progression on MRI. F-FET PET may help differentiate pseudoprogression from real progression in order to avoid discontinuation of effective therapy or unneeded interventions.

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