Possible explanations for patients with discordant findings of serum thyroglobulin and 131I whole-body scanning

C Ma, A Kuang, J Xie, T Ma - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2005 - Soc Nuclear Med
The long-term monitoring of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) is essential
throughout the patient’s life after total or near-total thyroidectomy followed by 131 I remnant …

Real‐time imaging of brain tumor for image‐guided surgery

…, H Kang, Y Baek, G El Fakhri, A Kuang… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The completion of surgical resection is a key prognostic factor in brain tumor treatment. This
requires surgeons to identify residual tumors in theater as well as to margin the proximity of …

Diagnostic performance of 18F-FDG PET or PET/CT in restaging renal cell carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

…, B Liu, Y Yang, P Ren, A Kuang - Nuclear medicine …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Background In recent years, fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (18 F-FDG) PET or PET/computed
tomography (PET/CT) has emerged as a valuable method for restaging of cancer. The …

Dual-time point PET/CT with F-18 FDG for the differentiation of malignant and benign bone lesions

R Tian, M Su, Y Tian, F Li, L Li, A Kuang, J Zeng - Skeletal radiology, 2009 - Springer
Purpose The purpose of the present study was to evaluate whether 2-fluoro[fluorine-18]-2-deoxy-d-glucose
(F-18 FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) could differentiate …

Influence of vitamin C on salivary absorbed dose of 131I in thyroid cancer patients: a prospective, randomized, single-blind, controlled trial

B Liu, A Kuang, R Huang, Z Zhao, Y Zeng… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2010 - Soc Nuclear Med
In this study, vitamin C was administered at various times as a sour stimulant to thyroid cancer
patients, and the effect on salivary absorbed dose of therapeutic radioiodine ( 131 I) was …

Is empiric 131I therapy justified for patients with positive thyroglobulin and negative 131I whole-body scanning results?

C Ma, J Xie, A Kuang - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2005 - Soc Nuclear Med
The long-term monitoring of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) is essential
throughout the patient’s life after total or nearly total thyroidectomy followed by 131 I remnant …

The value of 18F-FDG-PET/CT in the differential diagnosis of solitary pulmonary nodules in areas with a high incidence of tuberculosis

YL Li, M Su, F Li, A Kuang, R Tian - Annals of nuclear medicine, 2011 - Springer
Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate 18 F-FDG-PET, PET/CT, and CT in the
diagnosis of benign or malignant solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs) in areas with a high …

Correlations of 18F-FDG and 18F-FLT uptake on PET with Ki-67 expression in patients with lung cancer: a meta-analysis

G Shen, H Ma, F Pang, P Ren, A Kuang - Acta Radiologica, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging using the radiotracers 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose
(FDG) or 18F-fluorothymidine (FLT) has been proposed as imaging …

Performance of DWI in the nodal characterization and assessment of lung cancer: a meta-analysis

G Shen, S Hu, H Deng, A Kuang - American Journal of …, 2016 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study is to assess the diagnostic performance of DWI in the
N stage assessment of patients with lung cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS. The …

Biodistribution and localization of iodine-131 labeled Metuximab in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

…, H Bian, Q Feng, L Mi, T Mo, A Kuang… - Cancer biology & …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
PURPOSE: Radioimmunotherapy may improve the outcome of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)
patients by delivering targeted radiation to liver lesion tissue while relatively sparing …