Low positive yield from routine inclusion of the brain in whole-body 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging for noncerebral malignancies: results from a large population study.

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This retrospective study was conducted to assess the incremental value, if any, of including the brain in whole-body fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) studies in patients with extracalvarial primary malignancies.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Nucl Med Commun

Title: Nuclear medicine communications

Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

ISSN (Electronic): 1473-5628

ISSN (Print): 0143-3636

Publication date (Electronic): Jun 2013

Volume: 34

Issue: 6

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[1 ] Department of Nuclear Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

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DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e32836066c0

PubMed ID: 23503001

SO-VID: 7df0a088-9be1-4fb8-9499-3a45ee27db75

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