PET measurement of tumor metabolism: Jhaveri and Linden provide an overview of the current status of 18F-FDG PET in early treatment response and the promise for routine clinical use as an integrated biomarker in cancer therapies.
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DOTATOC uptake in meningioma and glioma: Collamati and colleagues report on 90Y-DOTATOC uptake in meningiomas and high-grade gliomas as part of development of a novel radioguided surgery technique for cerebral tumors using β− radiation.
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18F-FET PET in high-grade astrocytomas: Jansen and colleagues investigate the value of dynamic 18F-FET PET in providing prognostic information at primary diagnosis in patients with astrocytic high-grade gliomas.
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Tracer uptake in OSCC inflammation: Kim and colleagues demonstrate the effects of intratumoral inflammation on 18F-FDG uptake in oral squamous cell carcinoma and assess the ability of associated parameters to predict tumor progression.
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Pre-RT PET in OSCC: Kang and colleagues research the impact of an additional PET/CT scan before adjuvant radiotherapy or concurrent chemoradiotherapy on disease-free and disease-specific survival in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma.
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PET as cancer biomarker: Connolly and colleagues assess changes in maximum standardized uptake values corrected for lean body mass on 18F-FDG PET as predictors of pathologic complete response to chemotherapy in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2–negative breast cancer.
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18F-FDG PET heterogeneity and volume: Hatt and colleagues explore in patients with various cancers the potential of heterogeneity quantification by textural features for providing valuable clinical information in addition to functional volume.
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TLG and NSCLC: Park and colleagues detail the prognostic value of various 18F-FDG PET/CT metabolic indices, including total lesion glycolysis, in surgically resected stage IA non–small cell lung cancer.
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Estrogen receptor imaging in ovarian cancer: van Kruchten and colleagues evaluate the feasibility of 18F-FES PET to noninvasively determine tumor estrogen receptor α expression status in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer.
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62Cu-ETS PET and tumor perfusion: Fletcher and colleagues describe whole-body 62Cu-ETS PET/CT tumor perfusion imaging in patients with metastatic renal carcinoma and compare the performance of this tracer as a quantitative tumor perfusion marker with that of 15O-water.
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89Zr-bevacizumab PET in RCC: Oosting and colleagues determine the tumor uptake of this vascular endothelial growth factor A–binding PET tracer in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma before and during antiangiogenic treatment.
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Perspectives on DOTATATE PET/CT: Herrmann and colleagues report on referring physicians’ perceptions of the impact of somatostatin receptor imaging with 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT on management of patients with neuroendocrine tumors.
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PET and pulmonary iNOS: Huang and colleagues evaluate the ability of 18F-NOS PET/CT to quantify inducible nitric oxide synthase expression from endotoxin-induced lung inflammation in healthy volunteers.
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Inhibiting P-gp at the BBB: Kreisl and colleagues examine 2 permeability-glycoprotein inhibitors (tariquidar and disulfiram) and 2 routes of administration to increase brain uptake of 11C-desmethyl-loperamide while avoiding side effects associated with high doses of tariquidar.
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18F-FET PET in pediatric brain tumors: Dunkl and colleagues report on experience with and diagnostic accuracy of 18F-FET PET imaging in children and adolescents with brain tumors and discuss potential benefits for clinical decision making.
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Improved MR-based attenuation correction: Burger and colleagues introduce an algorithm modifying Dixon-based MR imaging datasets for attenuation correction in hybrid PET/MR imaging with a multiacquisition variable resonance image combination sequence to reduce metal artifacts.
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TOF PET update: Surti provides an educational overview of technical innovations and clinical applications in time-of-flight PET.
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High- and low-specific-activity 18F-DOPA: Kuik and colleagues perform a direct comparison of high- and low-specific-activity 18F-DOPA in a neuroendocrine tumor model to determine whether observed differences have implications for the biologic behavior and imaging properties of the tracer.
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CCK2R radioimaging: Wayua and Low synthesize a nonpeptidic ligand of cholecystokinin 2 receptor and examine its specificity for CCK2R in vitro and in vivo, with a goal of reducing normal organ retention of CCK2R–targeted drugs.
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Amyloid SPECT with DRM106: Chen and colleagues investigate 123/125I-DRM106, a compound with sufficient affinity for synthesis of human amyloid-β peptide fibrils and satisfactory metabolic stability, as a SPECT ligand in living brains.
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PET and pulmonary fibrosis: Bondue and colleagues explore the ability of 18F-FDG and 18F-FBEM–labeled leukocyte PET/CT to monitor metabolic activity and leukocyte recruitment in a mouse model of pulmonary fibrosis.
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Novel D2/3 receptor agonist: Shalgunov and colleagues detail the synthesis and in vitro and in vivo small-animal assessment of a dopamine D2/3 receptor agonist ligand for PET, with potential for imaging of synaptic transmission.
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PSMA-targeted photoimmunotherapy: Watanabe and colleagues compare the effectiveness of small and bivalent antibody fragments (including anti–prostate-specific membrane antigen diabody and minibody) with intact immunoglobulin G as photoimmunotherapy agents.
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Quantitative scanner characterization: Sunderland and Christian review results and data from the SNMMI Clinical Trials Network scanner validation experience, aimed at quantifying and minimizing PET/CT imaging variability across cancer clinical trials.
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PET and WAT browning: Park and colleagues investigate in mice the potential of 18F-FDG uptake as an imaging biomarker to monitor the process of white adipose tissue browning.
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Non–fission reactor–produced 99Mo: Pillai and colleagues discuss the advantages of producing 99mTc from non–fission reactor–produced low-specific-activity 99Mo, a model with potential for use in U.S. research reactors to supply domestic 99Mo needs.
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