Enhanced Apoptotic Reaction Correlates with Suppressed Tumor Glucose Utilization After Cytotoxic Chemotherapy: Use of 99mTc-Annexin V, 18F-FDG, and Histologic Evaluation
Toshiki Takei, MD1,
Yuji Kuge, PhD2,
Songji Zhao, MD2,
Masayuki Sato, BS3,
H. William Strauss, MD4,
Francis G. Blankenberg, MD5,
Jonathan F. Tait, MD, PhD6 and
Nagara Tamaki, MD1
1 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
2 Department of Tracer Kinetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
3 Department of Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Tobetsu, Japan
4 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
5 Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
6 Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

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FIGURE 1. Time-line diagram of this study. IV = intravenously.
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FIGURE 2. Negative correlation between 18F-FDG uptake and 99mTc-annexin V uptake in control, gemcitabine-treated, and cyclophosphamide-treated groups. 18F-FDG uptake ((%ID/g) x kg) = 0.932 (6.956 99mTc-annexin V uptake ((%ID/g) x kg)) (r = 0.75; P < 0.01).
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