Measuring tumor cell proliferation with 18F-FLT PET during radiotherapy of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a pilot clinical study

J Yue, L Chen, AR Cabrera, X Sun… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2010 - Soc Nuclear Med
The primary aim of this study was to use serial 18F-3′-deoxy-3′-fluorothymidine (FLT)
PET/CT to measure tumor cell proliferation during radiotherapy of squamous cell carcinoma …

Comparison of 18F-FLT PET and 18F-FDG PET in esophageal cancer

HL van Westreenen, DCP Cobben… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2005 - Soc Nuclear Med
18F-FDG PET has gained acceptance for staging of esophageal cancer. However, FDG is
not tumor specific and false-positive results may occur by accumulation of FDG in benign …

Early Detection of Chemoradioresponse in Esophageal Carcinoma by 3′-Deoxy-3′-3H-Fluorothymidine Using Preclinical Tumor Models

S Apisarnthanarax, MM Alauddin, F Mourtada… - Clinical cancer …, 2006 - AACR
Purpose: Early identification of esophageal cancer patients who are responding or resistant
to combined chemoradiotherapy may lead to individualized therapeutic approaches and …

3′-deoxy-3′-18F-fluorothymidine (FLT) positron emission tomography for early prediction of response to chemoradiotherapy–a clinical application model of …

KSC Chao - Seminars in oncology, 2007 - Elsevier
Early detection of response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation in esophageal cancer may allow
individualization of treatment strategies and avoidance of unnecessary treatment. Although …

3'-Deoxy-3'-[^ sup 18^ F]-fluorothymidine PET/CT in early determination of prognosis in patients with esophageal squamous cell cancer

H Chen, Y Li, MD Hua Wu… - Strahlentherapie …, 2015 - search.proquest.com
The purpose of this work was to investigate the prognostic value of response analysis using
early 3'-deoxy-3'-[^ sup 18^ F]-fluorothymidine (^ sup 18^ F-FLT) PET/CT in esophageal …

18F-FDG PET in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma undergoing curative surgery: prognostic implications

JY Choi, HJ Jang, YM Shim, K Kim… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2004 - Soc Nuclear Med
We investigated whether the standardized uptake value (SUV) of the primary tumor, the
tumor length measured on a PET image, the number of 18F-FDG PET-positive nodes, and …

Diagnostic and prognostic value of 18F-FDG PET/CT for patients with suspected recurrence from squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus

H Guo, H Zhu, Y Xi, B Zhang, L Li… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2007 - Soc Nuclear Med
Patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) are commonly at high risk of
recurrence within 2 y after initial treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of …

Mean and maximum standardized uptake values in [18F]FDG-PET for assessment of histopathological response in oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma or …

M Schmidt, E Bollschweiler, M Dietlein… - European journal of …, 2009 - Springer
Purpose To evaluate the potential of [18 F] fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission
tomography (FDG-PET) for the assessment of histopathological response and survival after …

Imaging cellular proliferation during chemo-radiotherapy: a pilot study of serial 18F-FLT positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging for non–small …

S Everitt, RJ Hicks, D Ball, T Kron… - International Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To establish whether 18F-3′-deoxy-3′-fluoro-l-thymidine (18F-FLT) can
monitor changes in cellular proliferation of non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) during …

The predictive value of treatment response using FDG PET performed on day 21 of chemoradiotherapy in patients with oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma. A …

O Palie, P Michel, JF Ménard, C Rousseau… - European journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Purpose FDG PET has been suggested to have predictive value in the prognosis of
oesophageal carcinoma. However, the retrospective studies reported in the literature have …