Significance of CT attenuation and F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose uptake of visceral adipose tissue for predicting survival in gastric cancer patients after curative surgical resection.
Jeong Won LeeMyoung Won SonIl Kwon ChungYoung Sin ChoMoon-Soo LeeSang Mi LeePublished in: Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (2019)
CT attenuation and FDG uptake of VAT on staging FDG PET/CT were correlated with tumor characteristics and were significant predictive factors for peritoneal RFS and OS in patients with AGC.
Keyphrases
- positron emission tomography
- computed tomography
- pet ct
- adipose tissue
- end stage renal disease
- image quality
- prognostic factors
- dual energy
- insulin resistance
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- contrast enhanced
- peritoneal dialysis
- lymph node
- pet imaging
- high fat diet
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- skeletal muscle
- free survival