Impact of fasting on (18)F-fluorocholine gastrointestinal uptake and detection of lymph node metastases in patients with prostate cancer

BACKGROUND: (18)F-fluorocholine PET/CT is used to detect lymph node metastases in prostate cancer patients. Physiological (18)F-fluorocholine in the gastrointestinal tract, especially in the intestines, may interfere with the detection of malignant lymph nodes. Fasting is frequently proposed in lite...

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Publicado en:EJNMMI Res
Autores principales: Wondergem, Maurits, van der Zant, Friso M., Knol, Remco J. J., Pruim, Jan, de Jong, Igle J.
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4703602/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26739297
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13550-015-0159-2
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